terran

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of Earth; of terrestrial origin.
2. (alt-of, uncommon)Alternative letter-case form of Terran (“of or from Earth; terrestrial”).

   “[…] dinitrogen does not have properties that would be considered as suitable for life from a terran perspective (Table 7.2).”

   “As they approached the steps the Klee-shaes could hear a terran favorite over the great building's Public Address system—it was Neil Young warbling Keep On Rocking In The Free World, but a Fartian host, misunderstanding the moment, transferred the track to Mollify.”

   “Like most “fish” native to Safehold, it has a very long, sinuous body but the head does resemble a terran hake or cod, with a hooked jaw.”

   “Annual Pack Includes: Gift pack - SOL30000 a terran year (equivalent to SOL2500/month over the duration of the adoption). Personalised certificate. Stand-up photo-portrait (14.5 x 200m) of your soldier.”

   “Cal cut wide in his shoulder jets with a short burst and slid in to earth under a tree so like a terran cottonwood it was hard to tell the difference. The trees on windy hillsides on Lehaunan had been warped and strangely twisted […]”

noun

1. An inhabitant of Earth; an earthling, especially a human.

   “The magazines, in the nearby rack, were in English. And on their covers, laughing Terrans.”

name

1. A hypothetical language spoken throughout all of Earth.