extraterrestrial
pronunciation
How to pronounce extraterrestrial in British English:
UK [ˌekstrətəˈrestriəl]
How to pronounce extraterrestrial in American English:
US [ˌekstrətəˈrestriəl]
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- Noun:
- a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
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- Adjective:
- originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere
Word Origin
- extraterrestrial (adj.)
- also extra-terrestrial, 1812, from extra- + terrestrial. As a noun from 1956.
Example
- 1. Maybe extraterrestrial intelligence always blows itself up .
- 2. Its environment is comparable to conditions on the moons of jupiter , which are among the candidates for extraterrestrial life .
- 3. Moreover , a host of new technologies will be required , including more-powerful solar panels , electric-ion engines , extraterrestrial mining equipment and robotic refineries .
- 4. The expense and enormity of interstellar travel might compel extraterrestrial civilizations to say home and instead transmit images and information about their biology in the hopes of finding interstellar pen pals .
- 5. Researchers from the max planck institute for extraterrestrial physics used two telescopes operated by the european southern observatory in chile to watch stars as they circled the centre of the milky way .