terrestrial

[US]/təˈrestriəl/
[UK]/təˈrestriəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. of or relating to the earth or land; living or growing on land;
n. an inhabitant of the earth; a land-dwelling organism.

Phrases & Collocations

terrestrial animals

terrestrial ecosystem

terrestrial habitat

terrestrial planet

terrestrial heat

terrestrial stress

terrestrial facies

terrestrial globe

terrestrial plant

Example Sentences

a fifth terrestrial channel.

a terrestrial plant or animal.

the terrestrial parts of the earth

increased ultraviolet radiation may disrupt terrestrial ecosystems.

In rugby circles, there is nothing but criticism for the coverage of sport on terrestrial TV.

a submarine eruption will be much more explosive than its terrestrial counterpart.

Terrestrial longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the Greenwich meridian.

Myriapod animals were probably one of the invertebrate animal groups that first colonized the terrestrial ecosystem during Early Paleozoic.

F. Stuart Chapin III, Pamela A. Matson, Harold A. Mooney. 2002. Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology. Springer.

Principals of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology . 2002. F. Stuart Chapin, Pamela A. Matson, Harold A. Mooney. Springer-Verlag, New York.

It is suggested that the high-wax oil is mainly originated from terrestrial higher plant, while lower hydrobiont is accidental.

It research fields include geophysics, planetology, remote sensing/photogrammetry, Solar Terrestrial Physics, etc.

The ubiquity of phenanthrene series, chrysene series compounds, perylene and retene compounds in the sediment indicated that PAHs mainly came from the terrestrial plants.

Characteristics: Terrestrial ferns; stipes tuft, backlish at base; young fronds pinnaye with wider pinnae, when getting older, the fronds become bipinnate or tripinnatifid with slender pinnules.

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