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transearth

transearth adjective: towards the earth from the moon or another planet.

Adjective

transearth (not comparable)

  1. Towards the earth from the moon or another planet.
    • After the Apollo 13 accident, the transearth injection burn shortened the return time by about 9 hours.

Verb

transearth (third-person singular simple present transearths, present participle transearthing, simple past and past participle transearthed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To transplant
    • As fruits of hotter countries, transearthed in colder climates, have vigour enough in themselves to be fructuous according to their nature: but, that they are hindered by the chilling nips of the air, and the soil, wherein they are planted.1904, Owen Felltham, William Henry Oliphant Smeaton, Resolves

Forms of transearth

third-person singular presenttransearths
present participletransearthing
past participletransearthed
pasttransearthed

Origin of transearth

From trans- + earth.

Questions about transearth

What does transearth mean?
Transearth means towards the earth from the moon or another planet.
What part of speech is transearth?
Transearth can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near transearth in the dictionary

  1. transduplication
  2. transduplications
  3. transdural
  4. transdurally
  5. transe
  6. transearth
  7. transearthed
  8. transearthing
  9. transearths
  10. transect
  11. transected

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