Terrestrial

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Terrestrial \Ter*res"tri*al\, a. [L. terrestris, from terra the
     earth. See {Terrace}.]
     1. Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth;
        earthly; as, terrestrial animals. "Bodies terrestrial."
        --1 Cor. xv. 40.
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     2. Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a
        terrestrial globe. "The dark terrestrial ball." --Addison.
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     3. Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state;
        sublunary; mundane.
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              Vain labors of terrestrial wit.       --Spenser.
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              A genius bright and base,
              Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims. --Young.
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     4. Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging
        to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from
        trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents.
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              The terrestrial parts of the globe.   --Woodward.
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     5. Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the
        earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an
        astronomical telescope.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Ter*res"tri*al*ly}, adv. --
        {Ter*res"tri*al*ness}, n.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Terrestrial \Ter*res"tri*al\, n.
     An inhabitant of the earth.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  eyepiece \eye"piece`\ eye-piece \eye"-piece`\, n. (Opt.)
     The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a
     microscope, telescope or other optical instrument, through
     which the image formed by the mirror or object glass is
     viewed.
  
     Syn: ocular.
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     {Collimating eyepiece}. See under {Collimate}.
  
     {Negative}, or {Huyghenian}, {eyepiece}, an eyepiece
        consisting of two plano-convex lenses with their curved
        surfaces turned toward the object glass, and separated
        from each other by about half the sum of their focal
        distances, the image viewed by the eye being formed
        between the two lenses. it was devised by Huyghens, who
        applied it to the telescope. Campani applied it to the
        microscope, whence it is sometimes called {Campani's
        eyepiece}.
  
     {Positive eyepiece}, an eyepiece consisting of two
        plano-convex lenses placed with their curved surfaces
        toward each other, and separated by a distance somewhat
        less than the focal distance of the one nearest eye, the
        image of the object viewed being beyond both lenses; --
        called also, from the name of the inventor, {Ramsden's
        eyepiece}.
  
     {terrestrial}, or {Erecting eyepiece}, an eyepiece used in
        telescopes for viewing terrestrial objects, consisting of
        three, or usually four, lenses, so arranged as to present
        the image of the object viewed in an erect position.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  terrestrial
       adj 1: of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the
              sea or air [syn: {tellurian}, {telluric}, {terrene}]
       2: of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or
          its inhabitants; "planetary rumblings and eructations"-
          L.C.Eiseley ; "the planetary tilt"; "this terrestrial
          ball" [syn: {planetary}]
       3: operating or living or growing on land [syn: {land(a)}]
          [ant: {amphibious}, {aquatic}]
       4: concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane
          affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial
          practicality" [syn: {mundane}]
       5: of this earth; "transcendental motives for sublunary
          actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to
          an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball" [syn:
          {sublunar}, {sublunary}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "terrestrial":
     Cynthian, Philistine, anagalactic, asteroidal, astral, astrologic,
     astrologistic, astrologous, astronomic, astrophysical, carnal,
     carnal-minded, celestial, circumplanetary, cislunar, earth,
     earthbound, earthling, earthly, earthy, empyreal, empyrean,
     equinoctial, extragalactic, fluvioterrestrial, galactic,
     geophilous, global, heavenly, heliacal, human, intercosmic,
     interplanetary, intersidereal, interstellar, lunar, lunary, lunate,
     lunular, lunulate, material, materialistic, meteoric, meteoritic,
     mortal, mundane, nebular, nebulose, nebulous, planetal,
     planetarian, planetary, planetesimal, profane, prosaic, secular,
     semilunar, sidereal, solar, sphery, star-spangled, star-studded,
     starry, stellar, stellary, subastral, sublunar, tellurian,
     telluric, temporal, terraqueous, terrene, unspiritual, uranic,
     worldly, zodiacal