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tellurion

Syllables: tel·lur·i·onUK/tɛˈljʊə.ɹɪ.ən//tɛˈl(j)ʊ.ɹi.ən/

tellurion noun: 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.

tellurion: an instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun...
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Noun

tellurion (plural tellurions)

  1. (historical) 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...
    • Among the modern inventions appertaining to astronomy, besides the instruments necessary to correct observation, we may reckon those curious and elegant machines, exhibiting the motions and phenomena of our solar system and its several parts; our orreries, planetariums, tellurians, lunariums, &c....1823, Edward Nares, “A View of the State of Arts, Sciences, Religion, Laws, Government, &c.”, in [Alexander Fraser Tytler], Thomas Robbins, Tytler’s Elements of General History, Ancient and Modern....

tellurion meaning in Tamil

tellurion in Tamil

பொழுதுமாற்றங்காட்டி

Forms of tellurion

pluraltellurions
alternative formtellarium
alternative formtellurian
alternative formtellurium

Origin of tellurion

From Latin tellūs (“earth, ground; the globe, planet Earth; country, land”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground, bottom”) + -ion (a Latinate suffix used in place of -ian (suffix meaning ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’)), possibly coined by Benjamin Martin (baptized 1705; died 1782), an English lecturer, lexicographer, and maker of scientific instruments: see the quotation. Piecewise doublet of tellurium.

Questions about tellurion

What does tellurion mean?
Tellurion means 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.
What is tellurion in Tamil?
Tellurion in Tamil is பொழுதுமாற்றங்காட்டி. See Tellurion meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tellurion?
Tellurion is a noun.
How do you pronounce tellurion?
Tellurion is pronounced /tɛˈljʊə.ɹɪ.ən/ (UK).
What is the plural of tellurion?
The plural of tellurion is tellurions.

Words near tellurion in the dictionary

  1. telluride
  2. telluride gold
  3. telluride of gold and silver
  4. tellurides
  5. telluriferous
  6. tellurion
  7. tellurions
  8. tellurious
  9. tellurise
  10. tellurised
  11. tellurises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tellurion (page history and authors); tellurion (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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