tellarium
UK/tɛˈlɛəɹi.əm/US/tɛˈlɛɹi.əm/
tellarium is the alternative form of tellurion.
Meaning of tellurion
Noun
tellurion (plural tellurions)
- An instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun cause day and night and the seasons.
- The Second Part of this Orrery I call a Tellurian, [...] becauſe it ſhews moſt accurately and evidently all the Phœnomena ariſing from the Annual and Diurnal Motions of the Earth, in a Terreſtrial Globe full Three Inches in a Diameter; upon which all the Parts of the terraqueous Surface are...1771, Benjamin Martin, “Of the Tellurian”, in The Description and Use of an Orrery of a New Construction, Representing in the Various Parts of Its Machinery All the Motions and Phoenomena of the...
Words that rhyme with tellarium
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- antiquarium
- aquaterrarium
- argentarium
- armamentarium
- ascidiarium
- avicularium
- balsamarium
- bullarium
- bunarium
- calendarium
- calidarium
- calvarium
- canarium
- chilarium
- cibarium
- cinerarium
- clavicularium
- cochlearium
- collectarium
- collunarium
- cometarium
- conarium
- demecarium
- dibarium
- disamarium
- disciplinarium
- dissepimentarium
- emissarium
- evangelarium
- formicarium
- frigidarium
- fusarium
- gerbilarium
- germarium
- glaciarium
- glirarium
- gnathochilarium
- herpetarium
- hexabarium
- imaginarium
- insectarium
- Intermarium
- intracalvarium
- itinerarium
- juvenarium
- lactarium
- lararium
- larvarium
Questions about tellarium
- What is tellarium the alternative form of?
- Tellarium is the alternative form of tellurion.
- How do you pronounce tellarium?
- Tellarium is pronounced /tɛˈlɛəɹi.əm/ (UK).
Words near tellarium in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tellarium (page history and authors); tellurion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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