tellurion

American

[te-loor-ee-on] / tɛˈlʊər iˌɒn /

noun

an apparatus for showing the manner in which the diurnal rotation and annual revolution of the earth and the obliquity of its axis produce the alternation of day and night and the changes of the seasons.

tellurion British

/ tɛˈlʊərɪən /

noun

an instrument that shows how day and night and the seasons result from the tilt of the earth, its rotation on its axis, and its revolution around the sun

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Etymology

Origin of tellurion

1825–35; < Latin tellūr- (stem of tellūs ) earth + Greek -ion diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

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Another dial includes a tellurion, which depicts the movement of the sun, Earth and moon.

From Washington Post

A tellurion will not teach the changes of the seasons; bundles of splints, notation; nor black-board examples, the law of agreement; unless these are brought under the child's mental apprehension.

From Project Gutenberg

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