English Dictionary

tellurian

/tɛˈljʊə.ɹɪ.ən/

noun

(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”)

The tellurian is a term used in astronomy to refer to an inhabitant of the Earth.

意味（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”)

The Second Part of this Orrery I call a Tellurian, … becauſe it ſhews moſt accurately and evidently all the Phœnomena ariſing from the Annual and Diurnal Motions of the Earth, in a Terreſtrial Globe full Three Inches in a Diameter; upon which all the Parts of the terraqueous Surface are diſtinctly delineated, …

意味（2）

(chiefly science fiction) Alternative letter-case form of Tellurian (“inhabitant of the planet Earth”)

Friends are not alone in this magnanimity, that likes truth only when it suits them. But among all tellurians or lunarians of my acquaintance, they are distinguished for liking those like them, and liking no others.]