"telluric" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more telluric [comparative], most telluric [superlative]
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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|tellurique}} French tellurique, {{der|en|la|tellus|t=earth; earthy}} Latin tellus (“earth; earthy”), {{m|la|Tellus|t=Earth, Gaia}} Tellus (“Earth, Gaia”), {{m|fr|-ique|pos=forming adjectives}} -ique (forming adjectives), {{m|en|tellurium}} tellurium, {{der|en|de|Telluroxyd}} German Telluroxyd Head templates: {{en-adj}} telluric (comparative more telluric, superlative most telluric)
  1. Pertaining to the Earth, earthly Categories (topical): Tellurium Synonyms: earthly, terrestrial, tellurian, terrene Translations (pertaining to the Earth): aards (Dutch), tera (Esperanto), telluurinen (Finnish), tellurique (French), tellurico (Italian), telúrico (Portuguese), telúrico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-telluric-en-adj-87VuGEsJ Disambiguation of Tellurium: 45 33 21 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to the Earth': 100 0
  2. (chemistry) Containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds. Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds): tellurique (French), tellurico (Italian), telúrico (Portuguese), telúrico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-telluric-en-adj-eQZYBMfo Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hydrotelluric, telluric acid, telluric bismuth, telluric current, telluric gold, telluric iron, telluric ocher, telluric ochre, telluric oxide, telluric silver

Noun [English]

Forms: tellurics [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|tellurique}} French tellurique, {{der|en|la|tellus|t=earth; earthy}} Latin tellus (“earth; earthy”), {{m|la|Tellus|t=Earth, Gaia}} Tellus (“Earth, Gaia”), {{m|fr|-ique|pos=forming adjectives}} -ique (forming adjectives), {{m|en|tellurium}} tellurium, {{der|en|de|Telluroxyd}} German Telluroxyd Head templates: {{en-noun}} telluric (plural tellurics)
  1. Synonym of telluric current Synonyms: telluric current [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: tellurous
    Sense id: en-telluric-en-noun-c65P7H~k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 15 75 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 18 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 13 16 71

Inflected forms

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