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Terrestrial locomotion — [ horse an erect stanced unguligrade quadruped with a galloping gait. An animation of photos by Eadweard Muybridge] Terrestrial locomotion has evolved as animals adapted from aquatic to terrestrial environments. Locomotion on land raises… … Wikipedia
Terrestrial planet — The terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, and dwarf planet Ceres. Sizes to scale A terrestrial planet, telluric planet or rocky planet is a planet that is composed primarily of silicate rocks and/or … Wikipedia
terrestrial locomotion — ▪ behaviour any of several forms of animal movement such as walking and running, jumping (saltation), and crawling. Walking and running, in which the body is carried well off the surface on which the animal is moving (substrate), occur only … Universalium
Terrestrial refraction — Refraction Re*frac tion (r?*fr?k sh?n), n. [F. r[ e]fraction.] 1. The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted. [1913 Webster] 2. The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Body plan — A body plan, or bauplan, is essentially the blueprint for the way the body of an organism is laid out. An organism s symmetry,cite web | title = Up and down...or around and around? Body Symmetry in Animals | work = The Diversity of Living… … Wikipedia
Body of water — [ River Gambia flowing through Niokolokoba National Park] A body of water is any significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet. The term body of water most often refers to large accumulations of water, such as… … Wikipedia
Terrestrial reference frame — A terrestrial reference frame is the reference frame as one views from earth, or from the ground of another earth like body. A terrestrial reference frame effects the way we perceive almost everything from day to day because as we live on the… … Wikipedia
Terrestrial magnetism — Magnetism Mag net*ism, n. [Cf. F. magn[ e]tisme.] The property, quality, or state, of being magnetic; the manifestation of the force in nature which is seen in a magnet. At one time it was believed to be separate from the electrical force, but it … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
terrestrial — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. earthly; worldly, mundane, secular, temporal. See land. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. earthly, physical, temporal, mundane; see earthly 1 , worldly 1 , 2 . See Synonym Study at earthly . III (Roget s… … English dictionary for students
Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom — encompasses over 100 television, radio and interactive services broadcast via the UK s terrestrial television network and receivable with a standard television aerial. The majority of services, including those from the existing five analogue… … Wikipedia
