telluric

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

Adj

Pertaining to the Earth, earthly.
Containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds.

Noun

Synonym of telluric current.

Origin / 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, tellurian, telluric current, terrene, terrestrial

Scrabble Score: 10

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Words With Friends Score: 14

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