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Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
Terrestrial may also refer to:
Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to arboreal life (in trees)
A fishing fly that simulates the appearance of a land insect is referred to as a terrestrial fly.
Terrestrial ecoregion, land ecoregions, as distinct from freshwater ecoregions and marine ecoregions
Terrestrial ecosystem, an ecosystem found only on landforms
Terrestrial gamma-ray flash, a burst of gamma rays produced in Earth's atmosphere
Terrestrial locomotion, evolutionary adaptation from aquatic types of locomotion
Terrestrial plant, a plant that grows on land rather than in water or on rocks or trees
Terrestrial planet, a planet that is primarily composed of silicate rocks, and thus "Earth-like"
Terrestrial radio, radio signals received through a conventional aerial, as opposed to satellite radio
Terrestrial radiation, due to the insolation of heat by the earth surface, earth re-radiates the heat to the atmosphere in the form of long waves
Terrestrial reconnaissance, a type of reconnaissance that is employed along the elements of ground warfare
Terrestrial reference frame, the reference frame as one views from earth
Terrestrial television, television signals received through a conventional aerial, as opposed to satellite television or cable television
Terrestrial Time, an astronomical time standard
Terrestrial Trunked Radio, a specialist walkie talkie standard used by police departments, fire departments, ambulance services and the military
Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution, the intense diversification of land animals
Look up terrestrial in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to:...
Terrestrial ecosystems are ecosystems that are found on land. Examples include tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, tropical rain forest, grassland...
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g. cats, chickens, ants, spiders), as compared with aquatic animals, which...
Terrestrial television or over-the-air television (OTA) is a type of television broadcasting in which the content is transmitted via radio waves from...
A terrestrial planet, telluric planet, or rocky planet, is a planet that is composed primarily of silicate, rocks or metals. Within the Solar System,...
conservation. Terrestrial ecoregions are land ecoregions, as distinct from freshwater and marine ecoregions. In this context, terrestrial is used to mean...
Digital terrestrial television (DTTV, DTT, or DTTB) is a technology for terrestrial television where television stations broadcast television content...
A terrestrial plant is a plant that grows on, in, or from land. Other types of plants are aquatic (living in water), epiphytic (living on trees) and lithophytic...
Terrestrial Time (TT) is a modern astronomical time standard defined by the International Astronomical Union, primarily for time-measurements of astronomical...
lineages of crabs have evolved to live predominantly on land. Examples of terrestrial crabs are found in the families Gecarcinidae and Gecarcinucidae, as well...
Terrestrial habitat may refer to: Terrestrial animal, animals that live predominantly or entirely on land . Terrestrial plant, plants that live predominantly...
along with water, might enable the formation of living organisms on terrestrial planets with a chemical make-up and temperature range similar to that...
(גַּן־יְהֹוֶה, gan-YHWH and גַן־אֱלֹהִים, gan-Elohim), also called the Terrestrial Paradise, is the biblical paradise described in Genesis 2–3 and Ezekiel...
Look up extraterrestrial, extra-, terrestrial, or extra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Extraterrestrial refers to any object or being beyond (extra-)...
Terrestrial molluscs or land molluscs (mollusks) are an ecological group that includes all molluscs that live on land in contrast to freshwater and marine...
Terrestrial locomotion has evolved as animals adapted from aquatic to terrestrial environments. Locomotion on land raises different problems than that...
Terrestrial reconnaissance, or ground recon, is a type of reconnaissance that is employed along the elements of ground warfare. It is the collection of...
called a terrestrial globe. A model globe of the celestial sphere is called a celestial globe. A globe shows details of its subject. A terrestrial globe...
can generally be received over an entire country or continent. Older terrestrial radio and television are paid for by commercial advertising or governments...
Terrestrial broadcast can refer to: Terrestrial television Terrestrial radio This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Terrestrial...
The International Terrestrial Reference System (ITRS) describes procedures for creating reference frames suitable for use with measurements on or near...
by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio...
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on Earth and lies antipodally on the opposite...
A terrestrial cable is a communications cable which crosses land, rather than water. Terrestrial cable may be subterranean (buried) or aerial (suspended...
period. They have many common names and although often referred to as terrestrial isopods, some species live semiterrestrially or have recolonised aquatic...
The twelve Earthly Branches or Terrestrial Branches are a Chinese ordering system used throughout East Asia in various contexts, including its ancient...
single-celled eukaryotic ancestor. While microorganisms formed the earliest terrestrial ecosystems at least 2.7 Ga, the evolution of plants from freshwater green...
Terrestrial Energy is a Canadian nuclear technology company working on Generation IV nuclear technology. It expects to produce cost-competitive, high-temperature...
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