All 8 Uses of
terrestrial
in
Childhood's End
- Though they seemed able to breathe terrestrial air, they sometimes carried small cylinders of gas from which they refreshed themselves occasionally.†
Chpt 6 *
- As a result his head was a mere two metres from the ground, and George had a unique chance of studying extra-terrestrial biology.†
Chpt 7
- Unfortunately, as he knew little about terrestrial biology, he was not able to learn much that he did not already know.†
Chpt 7
- It was obvious that little could be learned from a study of this primitive vehicle, even if its owners handed it over without reservation to inquisitive terrestrial scientists.†
Chpt 8
- They had taken him across in a ship no larger than a terrestrial airliner.†
Chpt 22
- Jan had spent several hours here, talking into a recording device while the Overlords presented various terrestrial objects to him.†
Chpt 22
- Of course, it might have been a model, enormously enlarged as were microbes and insects in terrestrial museums.†
Chpt 22
- He had never thought, when he said goodbye to Suffivan eighty terrestrial years ago, that the last generation of mankind was already in the womb.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
relating to the planet Earth; or to worldly matters rather than heavenly matters
or:
relating to land (in contrast to sea or air)
or:
describing a planet that has a compact rocky surface
or:
relating to land (in contrast to sea or air)
or:
describing a planet that has a compact rocky surface