Adjective

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Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}

Of, relating to, or composed of land.

*1997 , New Scientist, issue 2096, Review: Cinderella's house

*:Microorganisms are the Cinderellas of terrestrial ecology — the majority of the Earth's biomass, yet barely catalogued.

Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitat); not aquatic, etc.

(astronomy) Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see also terrestrial planet.

Concerned with the world or worldly matters.

* Young

A genius bright and base, / Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims.

(Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.

* {{quote-journal , year=1974 , date=February , title=A Sure Trumpet Sound: Quotations from President Lee , journal=Ensign citation

, passage=We are now living and obeying celestial laws that will make us candidates for celestial glory; or we are living terrestrial' laws that will make us candidates for ' terrestrial glory; or telestial.}}

* {{quote-journal , year=1977 , date=August , author=Bruce R. McConkie , title=A New Commandment: Save Thyself and Thy Kindred! , journal=Tambuli citation

, passage=Theirs is an everlasting terrestrial inheritance because they rejected the truth when it was offered to them in mortality.}}

(broadcasting) Broadcast using radio waves as opposed to .

Adjective

(en adjective)

Coming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities.

A torrential downpour.