terrestrial
adjective
pertaining to, consisting of, or representing the earth as distinct from other planets.
nonterrestrial
-
a word derived from
terrestrial.
Example Sentences
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Scientists have long thought that Europa may be one of the best places in our solar system to look for nonterrestrial life.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024
“We have no material. We have detected no emanations within the U.A.P. task force that would suggest it’s anything nonterrestrial in origin,” he said, referring to unidentified aerial phenomena.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2022
To wit: that something is a nonterrestrial parasitic organism whose signature symptom is “behavioral manipulation” of the host.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2021
Many were quick to caution that people shouldn’t read into the report’s failure to outright discard a nonterrestrial explanation for the sightings.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2021
Further, not a single UFO has ever left behind any physical evidence that can be tested in a laboratory and shown to be of nonterrestrial origin.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
