different between extraterrestrial vs terran

English

Etymology

From extra- +? terrestrial.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /??kst??t???st?i.?l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??k.st??.t????st.?i.?l/
• Hyphenation: ex?tra?ter?res?tri?al

Adjective

extraterrestrial (comparative more extraterrestrial, superlative most extraterrestrial)

1. Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.

Translations

Noun

extraterrestrial (plural extraterrestrials)

1. A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:extraterrestrial

Related terms

• ET

Translations

See also

• alien
• angel
• celestial
• spirit
• star visitor
• time traveler
• little green man

English

Adjective

terran (comparative more terran, superlative most terran)

1. (chiefly science fiction, uncommon) Alternative letter-case form of Terran (“of or from Earth; terrestrial”)
   • 2008, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Louis Neal Irwin, Life in the Universe: Expectations and Constraints, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 128:

     […] dinitrogen does not have properties that would be considered as suitable for life from a terran perspective (Table 7.2).

   • 2008, Ron Sanders, Legerdemainia, (?ISBN), page 71:

     As they approached the steps the Klee-shaes could hear a terran favorite over the great building's Public Address system—it was Neil Young warbling Keep On Rocking In The Free World, but a Fartian host, misunderstanding the moment, transferred the track to Mollify.

   • 2011, David Weber, How Firm a Foundation: A Novel in the Safehold Series (#5), Macmillan (?ISBN):

     Like most “fish” native to Safehold, it has a very long, sinuous body but the head does resemble a terran hake or cod, with a hooked jaw.

   • 2013, Doug Strider, Space Danger - Space Marines' Graveyard, Douglas Strider (?ISBN):

     Annual Pack Includes:

     Gift pack - SOL30000 a terran year (equivalent to SOL2500/month over the duration of the adoption).

     Personalised certificate.

     Stand-up photo-portrait (14.5 x 200m) of your soldier.

   • 2013, Gordon R. Dickson, Naked to the Stars, Simon and Schuster (?ISBN):

     Cal cut wide in his shoulder jets with a short burst and slid in to earth under a tree so like a terran cottonwood it was hard to tell the difference. The trees on windy hillsides on Lehaunan had been warped and strangely twisted […]

   • 2014, Gardner Dozois, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection, St. Martin's Griffin (?ISBN):

     Hobbs' Street smelled odd, damp and sweet, but that wasn't due to the residents here but to an odd mutation of a terran honey fungus that had spread throughout the moon colony, running its mycelia through air vents, electrical ducting or […]

   • 2014, Don Pendleton, New Orleans Knockout, Open Road Media (?ISBN):

     The NASA engineer admiringly dubbed the complete project a “terran module,” comparing it favorably with the best thing yet developed in lunar modules. Bolan liked it, though he was a bit awed by the electronic capabilities of his new warwagon.

Anagrams

• Ranter, Ratner, errant, ranter