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/tɛlˈɔːɹɪk/
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ADJECTIVE
- of or relating to or containing the chemical element tellurium
- of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
How To Use telluric In A Sentence
- Rykwert, The idea of a town - The Anthropology of Urban Form in Rome, Italy 1999, p.126: "As the egg was a picture of the whole universe, so the telluric mundus became a representation of what the Pythagoreans were the first to call cosmos. Archive 2009-07-01
- Telluric acid is reduced to tellurous (with evolution of chlorine) on boiling with hydrochloric acid. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
- The composition of aërolites may also be taken as indications of the common origin and elementary texture of the planets, whether they are independently formed or have originally pertained to a former planet; for no hypothesis of telluric or selenic origin yet advanced, can stand against the weight of evidence against it. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence
- We are not, it appears to me, more justified in applying the term telluric to the nickel and iron, the olivine and pyroxene (augite), found in meteoric stones, than in indicating the COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
- These views must not, therefore, be confounded with what is commonly termed the telluric or atmospheric origin of meteoric stones, nor yet with the singular opinion of Aristotle, which supposed the enormous mass of ®gos COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
- Subsequent drilling, which resulted in the discovery of oil, supported the telluric - current picture.
- This paper explains the special points in using this method by concrete examples, and outlines the equipment requirement needed in making magnetotelluric sounding by the remote reference method.
- Look, if I can spell 'Australian Aboriginal Hebephile', I can spell 'telluric' easily, OK? Army Rumour Service
- There some posters on Arrse who would find it difficult to put "telluric" on any form withour committing fraud/perjury/whatever. Army Rumour Service
- Super long period magnetotelluric detection is an effective method of studying electric conductivity of continental lithosphere.
