Terran
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˈtɛrən/
:
terrestre
- "You don't really want to confront the Terran League, do you?" she asked.
Examples
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He might do a Mirror Kirk if some catastrophe de-catered that Mirror body and a fully functioning Terran Kirk was necessary to stop some Terran terrorist plot or hostage situation against 2009?
Blog text (12) -
We are approaching the Terran System, Captain.
Fiction book (1994) -
A Terran Growth conglomerate.
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The sheer number of treecats who had abruptly come calling suggested a far-flung and quite sophisticated communications system of unknown origin, all the more remarkable because the treecats had succeeded in hiding from a high-tech civilization for fully half a Terran century.
Fiction book (2000) -
The researchers focused on Terran species that could be affected by climate change.
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In science fiction, Terran beings often have to navigate interactions with alien civilizations.
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The documentary highlighted the unique features of Terran ecosystems compared to those found on other planets.
Synonyms
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4.7
Relating to the whole Earth and affecting all countries
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5.5
About the Earth and ordinary life, not spiritual matters
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4.4
A planet with conditions and features like those on Earth
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6.8
Relating to the planet Earth, its people or its natural features
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9.9
About land rather than the sea or sky
Relating to the land rather than the sea or air
Surface Forms
Morphology
Terran = terra (transparent) = terra + an
Formed by the productive suffix '-an' added to 'terra' to indicate relation to Earth; learners familiar with 'terra' or the suffix can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Terran comes from the old Latin root terra 'earth' and shares this root with terrain, a word for land. So Terran as an adjective means 'of the Earth' or 'from our planet'.