Wondering how to use Terrestrial in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as tellurian or sublunary.
Terrestrial meaning
- A ground-dwelling plant.
- Alternative letter-case form of Terrestrial (“Inhabitant of Earth”).
Synonyms of Terrestrial
Using Terrestrial
- The main meaning on this page is: A ground-dwelling plant. | Alternative letter-case form of Terrestrial (“Inhabitant of Earth”).
- Useful related words include: tellurian, sublunary, sublunar, worldly.
- In the example corpus, terrestrial often appears in combinations such as: of terrestrial, and terrestrial, terrestrial and.
Context around Terrestrial
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 14 start, 6 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Terrestrial
- In this selection, "terrestrial" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, famous, non, locations, laser, networks and microwave stand out and add context to how "terrestrial" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a non terrestrial origin for and all social terrestrial mammalian predators. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "terrestrial" sits close to words such as assam, boast and brake, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with terrestrial
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Terrestrial ecosystems Terrestrial ecosystems are subject to similarly adverse impacts from eutrophication. (12 words)
Terrestrial Terrestrial ecoregions are land ecoregions, as distinct from freshwater and marine ecoregions. (13 words)
All tortoises are terrestrial, but not all terrestrial turtles (thanks to box turtles) are tortoises. (15 words)
The CFL will no longer be broadcast on Canadian terrestrial television, unless TSN chooses to air the game on its terrestrial partners, CTV or CTV Two (formerly A-Channel); as of 2011, TSN has not transferred any CFL games to broadcast TV. (42 words)
Diet All social terrestrial mammalian predators feed mostly on terrestrial herbivorous mammals with a body mass similar to the combined mass of the social group members attacking the prey animal, Earle, M. 1987: A flexible body mass in social carnivores. (40 words)
A 2008 analysis of 12 C/ 13 C isotopic ratios of organic compounds found in the Murchison meteorite indicates a non-terrestrial origin for these molecules rather than terrestrial contamination. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Possible themes for individual descriptor terms include worldwide aquatic spirits, famous terrestrial fountains or fountain locations, terrestrial aquatic features, famous terrestrial geysers or geyser locations and terrestrial islands.
Terrestrial Lidar Terrestrial applications of lidar (also terrestrial laser scanning) happen on the Earth's surface and can be both stationary or mobile.
Prof Lingjia Liu has received an $800,000 grant to research the integration of non-terrestrial networks – such as aerial and space assets – with terrestrial networks.
All tortoises are terrestrial, but not all terrestrial turtles (thanks to box turtles) are tortoises.
A 2008 analysis of 12 C/ 13 C isotopic ratios of organic compounds found in the Murchison meteorite indicates a non-terrestrial origin for these molecules rather than terrestrial contamination.
Close-range terrestrial digital photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning for discontinuity characterization on rock cuts.
Diet All social terrestrial mammalian predators feed mostly on terrestrial herbivorous mammals with a body mass similar to the combined mass of the social group members attacking the prey animal, Earle, M. 1987: A flexible body mass in social carnivores.
History A definition of a terrestrial time standard was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1976 at its XVI General Assembly, and later named Terrestrial Dynamical Time (TDT).
History Wireless links Computers are very often connected to networks using wireless links * Terrestrial microwave oven – Terrestrial microwave communication uses Earth-based transmitters and receivers resembling satellite dishes.
Mammals came to occupy almost every available niche (both marine and terrestrial ), and some also grew very large, attaining sizes not seen in most of today's terrestrial mammals.
Once abundant in both terrestrial and aquatic environments, the terrestrial species had mostly been replaced by reptiles.
Point position is solved by computation from measurements linking the known positions of terrestrial or extraterrestrial points with the unknown terrestrial position.
Terrestrial biomass Terrestrial biomass generally decreases markedly at each higher trophic level (plants, herbivores, carnivores).
Terrestrial ecosystems Terrestrial ecosystems are subject to similarly adverse impacts from eutrophication.
Terrestrial plants Plant ecosystem response The geological record of terrestrial plants is sparse and based mostly on pollen and spore studies.
Terrestrial sources Terrestrial radiation, for the purpose of the table above, only includes sources that remain external to the body.
Terrestrial Terrestrial ecoregions are land ecoregions, as distinct from freshwater and marine ecoregions.
Thailand has six analogue terrestrial television channels, and 24 commercial digital terrestrial channels began broadcasting in 2014.
The CFL will no longer be broadcast on Canadian terrestrial television, unless TSN chooses to air the game on its terrestrial partners, CTV or CTV Two (formerly A-Channel); as of 2011, TSN has not transferred any CFL games to broadcast TV.
The rapid evolution of a terrestrial ecosystem containing copious animals opened the way for the first vertebrates to seek out a terrestrial living.
Common combinations with terrestrial
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of terrestrial 21×
- and terrestrial 13×
- terrestrial and 11×
- the terrestrial 10×
- terrestrial television 10×
- to terrestrial 8×
- for terrestrial 8×
- terrestrial ecosystems 7×
- digital terrestrial 7×
- terrestrial radio 6×