English Explanatory Dictionary

telluric

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to the Earth, earthly.
  2. Containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds.
noun
  1. Synonym of telluric current.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-telluric.wav

Word forms

telluric more telluric most telluric tellurics

Etymology

A borrowing of French tellurique, from Latin tellus (“earth; earthy”) and Tellus (“Earth, Gaia”) and -ique (forming adjectives). Subsequently also from tellurium, originally in telluric oxide from German Telluroxyd.

Synonyms

earthly terrestrial tellurian terrene telluric current

Related words

tellurous

Derived words

hydrotelluric telluric acid telluric bismuth telluric current telluric gold telluric iron telluric ocher telluric ochre telluric oxide telluric planet telluric silver
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