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extraterrestrial

[ ek-struh-tuh-res-tree-uhl ]

adjective

  1. outside, or originating outside, the limits of the earth:

    People on earth have long speculated about the idea of extraterrestrial life.

    Cataclysmic wildfires could be expected if earth were to take an extraterrestrial hit.



noun

  1. a being originating from beyond the earth; an alien from outer space:

    It was your typical sci-fi novel about extraterrestrials conquering the earth.

extraterrestrial

/ ˌɛkstrətɪˈrɛstrɪəl /

adjective

  1. occurring or existing beyond the earth's atmosphere


noun

  1. (in science fiction) a being from beyond the earth's atmosphere

extraterrestrial

/ ĕk′strə-tə-rĕstrē-əl /

  1. Originating, located, or occurring outside the Earth or its atmosphere.


extraterrestrial

  1. A descriptive term for things outside the Earth , such as possible civilizations outside the solar system , or objects, such as meteorites , that actually reach the Earth.


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  • ex·tra·ter·res·tri·al·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of extraterrestrial1

First recorded in 1865–70; extra- + terrestrial

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Example Sentences

In recent years, the search for extraterrestrials has been accelerated by a wave of new technologies that allow us to better probe distant reaches of the galaxy.

All of this was enough to spur journalist Laura Krantz to launch an investigation of her own into what we really know about extraterrestrials.

Given how inhospitable we’ve learned Venus to be, we’ve spent the majority of the last century pinning some of our biggest hopes of finding signs of extraterrestrial life on Mars.

If the discovery holds up, and if no other explanations for the gas are found, then the hellish planet next door could be the first to yield signs of extraterrestrial life — though those are very big ifs.

That order was a follow-up to a law passed in 2015 outlining America’s position that US companies are allowed to own and sell resources they’ve extracted from extraterrestrial bodies.

The quirky chapter on extraterrestrial life is set at Los Angeles International Airport.

It was one of the first novels of extraterrestrial invasion ever written, and it still feels fresh to readers today.

But the idea that some nebulous force of will could have flipped six votes is completely extraterrestrial.

Two of the numbers involve UFOs and aliens, presumably extraterrestrial.

On Sunday, some 125 extraterrestrial rocks will be auctioned off.

If the other continents go as North America has gone, will you alone be divinely translated to some extraterrestrial sphere?

They lost all vestiges of their original Martian culture, even memory of their extraterrestrial origin.

His status and stature with the Extraterrestrial Mining Company was well known to all of us, and certainly respected.

The extraterrestrial had even the ability to achieve a dry quality in his voice.

When Hank had finished, the extraterrestrial turned his eyes to Loo.

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