ter|rel|la

ter|rel|la
ter|rel|la «tuh REHL uh», noun.
1. a space capsule with an environment of the earth: »

Sanitary engineers…are figuring out how to dispose of wastes and insure the cleanliness of the terrella (New Yorker).

2. a magnetic globe or other spherical object so placed that its poles, equator, and other points of orientation correspond exactly to those of the earth, and often marked with lines representing meridians and parallels, for illustrating magnetic phenomena of the earth.
3. Obsolete. a little earth; small planet.
╂[< New Latin terrella (diminutive) < Latin terra earth, world]

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