I. tə̇]ˈu̇rēən, te], ]lˈyu̇- adjective
Etymology: tellur- + -ian
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the earth
the newly discovered tellurian genus — T.H.Huxley
great collective forces of instinct, resentment and tellurian inspiration — Jacques Maritain
II. noun
( -s )
: a dweller on the earth
III. noun
or tel·lu·ri·on “\
( -s )
Etymology: tellurian modification of New Latin tellurion; tellurion, New Latin, from tellur- + Greek -ion, diminutive suffix
: an apparatus to illustrate the causation of day and night by the rotation of the earth on its axis and the dependence of the seasons on the sun's declination