Martian
pronunciation
How to pronounce Martian in British English:
UK [ˈmɑ:ʃn]
How to pronounce Martian in American English:
US [ˈmɑrʃn]
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- Noun:
- imaginary people who live on the planet Mars
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional inhabitants)
Word Origin
- Martian (adj.)
- late 14c., marcien "of the planet Mars" (originally in reference to astrological influence), from Latin Martius "sacred to Mars; pertaining to the planet Mars," from Mars (genitive Martis). The noun meaning "an inhabitant of the planet Mars" is attested from 1883.
Example
- 1. You need to build gadgets that work in martian conditions .
- 2. Meanwhile , the team also ran climate models using martian temperature data .
- 3. We measured anomalous activity in martian soil experiments aboard the nasa viking landers 35 years ago .
- 4. The researchers examined martian meteorites here on earth to determine that the sulfur and chlorine likely resulted from ancient volcanic explosions .
- 5. Scientists are working to install more sensitive detectors on telescopes to see if they can make more measurements of martian lightning in the future .