This is especially true of the ocean, where impacts are less obvious than for terrestrial systems.
As the critic Dave Hickey famously said, let art be “frivolous” enough to move us at a terrestrial level.
The license from 2005 for LightSquared was explicitly for phones that used both satellite and terrestrial networks.
“In January the commission said LightSquared could use its license for exclusive terrestrial purposes,” he said.
Do you feel, yet, that you belong to this terrestrial scheme again, Mr. Darnay?
Ambition is surely the most foolish and misjudging of all terrestrial passions.
Galusha was following a terrestrial route in the same direction.
But the terrestrial agent felt that in this scene of luxury there was a menace.
"I demand to see the terrestrial consul," Sime said, getting out.
My peril in this palace is as great as in the room of a terrestrial detective.
early 15c., from Latin terrestris "earthly," from terra "earth" (see terrain). Originally opposed to celestial; natural history sense of "living on land" is attested from 1630s. The noun meaning "a human being, a mortal" is recorded from 1590s.