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Terrestrial refers to things having to do with the land or the Earth
Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in diameter, mass and density. It is also referred to as the World and Wiktionary:Terra.Note that by International Astronomical Union convention, the term "Terra" is used for naming extensive land masses, rather...
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Terrestrial refers to things having to do with the land or the Earth
Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in diameter, mass and density. It is also referred to as the World and Wiktionary:Terra.Note that by International Astronomical Union convention, the term "Terra" is used for naming extensive land masses, rather...
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  • Terrestrial animal
    Terrestrial animal

    Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land, as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats ....
    , an animal that lives on the land, as opposed to in water, air, or in the trees
  • Terrestrial plant
    Terrestrial plant

    A terrestrial plant is one that grows on land. Other types of plants are aquatic ecosystem , epiphytic and lithophytes ....
    , a plant that grows on land rather than in water or on rocks or trees
  • Terrestrial planet
    Terrestrial planet

    A terrestrial planet, telluric planet, rocky planet or inner planet is a planet that is primarily composed of silicate Rock s....
    , a planet that is primarily composed of silicate rocks. These planets go from Mercury
    Mercury (planet)

    Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the Solar System, orbiting the Sun once every 88 days. The orbit of Mercury has the highest Orbital eccentricity of all the Solar System planets, and it has the smallest axial tilt....
     to Mars
    MARS

    In cryptography, MARS is a block cipher that was IBM's submission to the Advanced Encryption Standard process. MARS was selected as an AES finalist in August 1999, after the AES2 conference in March 1999, where it was voted as the fifth and last finalist algorithm....
    . They are very small compared to the Jovian planets. They all have an iron core and contain not much gas
  • Terrestrial ecoregion, land ecoregions, as distinct from freshwater ecoregions and marine ecoregions
  • Terrestrial radio, radio signals received through a conventional aerial, as opposed to Satellite radio
    Satellite radio

    A satellite radio or subscription radio is a digital radio signal that is broadcast by a communications satellite, which covers a much wider geographical range than terrestrial radio signals....
  • Terrestrial television
    Terrestrial television

    Terrestrial television is a term which refers to modes of television broadcasting which do not involve satellite transmission. . The term is uncommon in the United States while more common in Europe....
    , television signals received through a conventional aerial
  • Terrestrial Trunked Radio
    Terrestrial Trunked Radio

    TErrestrial Trunked RAdio is a specialist Professional Mobile Radio and two-way transceiver specification. TETRA was specifically designed for use by government agencies, emergency services, , rail transportation staff, transport services and the military....
    , a specialist walkie talkie standard used by police departments, fire departments, ambulance services and the military