different between tellurian vs tellurion

English

Etymology

From Latin tell?s (“earth, ground; the globe, planet Earth; country, land”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh?- (“to bear, carry; to endure, undergo”), +? -ian (suffix meaning "from, related to, or like" when forming an adjective, or "one from, belonging to, relating to, or like" when forming a noun).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??lj??.??.?n/, /t?-/, /-?lj??-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t??l(j)?.?i.?n/, /t?-/, [t???l??.i?.??n]
• Homophone: tellurion
• Hyphenation: tel?lur?i?an

Adjective

tellurian (not comparable)

1. (formal or literary) Of or relating to the earth; (specifically, chiefly science fiction) inhabiting planet Earth as opposed to other planets. [from mid 19th c.]

   Synonyms: earthly, telluric, terrene, terrestrial
2. (mineralogy) Of a mineral: containing tellurium.

Related terms

Translations

Noun

tellurian (plural tellurians)

1. (astronomy, historical) Alternative spelling of tellurion (“instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun cause day and night and the seasons”)
2. (chiefly science fiction) Alternative letter-case form of Tellurian (“inhabitant of the planet Earth”)

Notes

References

Further reading

• tellurian (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• unliteral

English

Etymology

From Latin tell?s (“earth, ground; the globe, planet Earth; country, land”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh?- (“to bear, carry; to endure, undergo”) +? -ion (a Latinate suffix used in place of -ian (suffix meaning ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’)), possibly coined by Benjamin Martin (baptized 1705; died 1782), an English lecturer, lexicographer, and maker of scientific instruments: see the quotation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??lj??.??.?n/, /t?-/, /-?lj??-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t??l(j)?.?i.?n/, /t?-/
• Homophone: tellurian
• Hyphenation: tel?lur?i?on

Noun

tellurion (plural tellurions)

1. (astronomy, historical) An instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun cause day and night and the seasons.

Alternative forms

• tellarium (probably erroneous)
• tellurian
• tellurium

Translations

See also

• orrery

Notes

References

Further reading

• tellurion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia