tel·lu·ri·on (t -l r  - n ) also tel·lu·ri·an (- n)n. An apparatus that shows how the movement of the earth on its axis and around the sun causes day and night and the seasons. [New Latin : telluro- + Greek -ion, diminutive suff.] |
tellurion, tellurian [tɛˈlʊərɪən]
n
(Astronomy) 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
[from Latin tellūs the earth]
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