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earthlike

earthlike

1 4.4
A planet with conditions and features like those on Earth
  • adjective
  • /ˈɜrθlaɪk/
translation icon : similar a la Tierra
  • "Whether this was strictly true, Eden had the virtue of being much more Earthlike than any body in the solar
  • earthlike planet
  • more earthlike

Examples

  • Everything seemed earthlike except the atmosphere, which was a blend of CO2 and N2. Colonists would have to live in bubbles at first, while the CO2 was being converted to O2.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • We don't know how they maintain an earthlike environment in here.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The experiment is designed to find out if it is possible to recreate an earthlike environment in outer space.

    Do Ask, Do Tell: The Linda Campbell Story (2023)

  • Genesis, Frederick Turner’s fantasy of creating an earthlike landscape on Mars, is more grandiose and obviously farther from implementation, but it is not just one poet’s fantasy.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Scientists are excited about the discovery of several earthlike planets in nearby star systems.

  • The new research aims to determine the earthlike conditions necessary for life to exist on other planets.

  • After extensive analysis, researchers identified the moon as having earthlike features that could support human life.

Antonyms

alien
685 4.1

From another place and not familiar there

How Earthlike

terrestrial
17 5.2
earthlike
1 4.4
exotic
237 4.8
alien
685 4.1

Surface Forms

earthlike positive

Morphology

earthlike = earth (transparent) = earth + like

Formed by 'earth' + '-like' to mean 'resembling Earth' or 'having Earth-like characteristics'; this is a standard productive pattern.

Etymology

Earthlike is made of the parts earth and -like, where earth means 'the planet we live on' and -like means 'similar to'. So an earthlike planet or environment is one that has features and conditions like our Earth.