extraterrestrial
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- adjective
- /ˌɛkstrətəˈrɛstrɪəl/
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extraterrestre
- I think it's possible that extraterrestrial life may hold the keys to life itself.
- extraterrestrial life
- extraterrestrial intelligence
- extraterrestrial civilization
I would agree that probably this extraterrestrial message is all around us.
- I would agree that probably this extraterrestrial message is all around us.
- So that kind of phenomenon isn't extraterrestrial, it's interdimensional.
- Number one, whether or not extraterrestrial life exists.
- And we went for this, the the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
- Now I ask you, why is it speculative to consider extraterrestrial technologies?
- So, so whilst it might not be called SETI, it's still doing that searching for for extraterrestrial life.
- So fungal spores are really tough and, and some of them can survive these extraterrestrial conditions.
- There is no, again, no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity with these recent takedowns.
- But tonight we are going to talk about some serious business, the search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
- And then we get into Avi's upcoming book, Interstellar, the search for extraterrestrial life and our future in the stars.
- The burden of proof is on the military now to prove that these things aren't extraterrestrial, and that's a sea change.
- I find this incredibly interesting because it supports my confirmation bias that extraterrestrial life isn't rare, but quite common.
- At what point in your life did you start to get curious about the existence of extraterrestrial life And And what?
- So that if you look at the probability of life being out there, and that's an alien, is life extraterrestrial means life out of space, right?
Examples
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Last week, several newspapers reported that scientists have spotted an extraterrestrial signal that could be a sign of intelligent life.
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His strange search for extraterrestrial life cannot be explained by scientific curiosity alone.
Academic text (1999) -
I would agree that probably this extraterrestrial message is all around us.
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I often think about this like, what would actual extraterrestrial intelligence look like?
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Number one, whether or not extraterrestrial life exists.
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The theory was that these objects were extraterrestrial spacecraft.
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Contact explores what we might do when making contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life.
Academic text (2002) -
Actually, I'm with SETI, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
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That's how scientists pursuing the search for extraterrestrial intelligence describe the possible consequences of their efforts.
Academic text (1996) -
Scientists are searching for extraterrestrial life on distant planets.
Synonyms
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Seeming to come from another world and very strange
Compounds
How Extraterrestrial
- Specialized
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7.7
- Specialized
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7.2
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6.8
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- Specialized
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5.1
17
5.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
extraterrestrial = terrestrial (transparent) = extra + terrestrial
Formed by the productive prefix 'extra-' (outside) attached to 'terrestrial' (of the Earth), so the meaning 'outside the Earth' is directly derived.
Etymology
Extraterrestrial breaks into extra 'outside' and terra 'earth', and terra is the same root you see in terrain and territory. So extraterrestrial describes anything that exists or happens 'outside the Earth', like a signal or life from space.