Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- After a terrestrial or earthly manner.
- In zoology, in or on the ground; on land, not in water: as, to pupate terrestrially, as an insect.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
terrestrial manner. - adverb Whilst located on
Earth , or onland .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a worldly manner
- adverb to a land environment
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Examples
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NASA should focus on testing and developing terrestrially and extraterrestrially manufactured lightsails in order to begin exploiting the natural resources of asteroids and in order to transport humans through interplanetary
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From a gut feeling standpoint, I just can't see Mars being a viable near-term option (~10 years) given just the raw length of time it takes to get out there, and the little amount of experience we have in long-term terrestrially-based space exploration.
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Opportunities are missed to generate much spark between Tom and Louise, let along their terrestrially travelling friends.
Gibbon Chapter XVI nwhyte 2010
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Digital companies 'flexible, non-terrestrially based nature will help make them a natural governance form around which geographically dispersed innovators can coalesce, unlocking a whole new wave of firm creation and entrepreneurial activity.
Oliver R. Goodenough: Running Web-Based Businesses Entirely Through Internet Communication Oliver R. Goodenough 2010
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Even the issue of live coverage of Parliament sessions was partially resolved, with Jordan TV Channel 2 airing the sessions terrestrially along with Jordandays.tv website and Radio Al Balad.
Daoud Kuttab: Jordan's Parliament Off to a Good Start Despite Hiccups Daoud Kuttab 2010
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Stretching out across an area about equal in size to the state of California, the Sea of Fertility's western edge is home to features we share terrestrially – grabens.
Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: March 19-21, 2010 | Universe Today 2010
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Most of the UFO sightings we hear about are these terrestrially-built anti-grav craft.
Forty Years and Counting: The Death of the High Frontier 2009
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For example, catchments or watersheds on land are terrestrially defined, but water percolating through the soil or running off the soil surface eventually enters streams and rivers.
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Because of the lack of natural buoyancy, terrestrially-taught swimmers might struggle a bit when trying to keep their heads above water.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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In spring, meltwater carries terrestrially derived DOC and abundant nutrients.
Effects of climate change on hydro-ecology of contributing basins in the Arctic 2009
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