telluric

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of telluric current.
    — Other projects in progress at CRPL involve the study of audiofrequency tellurics (current induced in the earth) and earth conductivity measurements using atmospherics.
形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to the Earth, earthly.
    — My sister always says she loves novels where you feel an elemental strength, primordial, telluric.
  2. Containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds.

词形变化

more telluric comparative most telluric superlative tellurics plural

词汇关系

衍生词
hydrotelluric intratelluric magnetotelluric magnetotellurics telluric acid telluric bismuth telluric current telluric gold telluric iron telluric ochertelluric ochre telluric oxide telluric planet telluric silver tellurism tellurist ultratelluric

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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.
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