Crossword clues for telluric
telluric acid
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Telluric \Tel*lu"ric\, a. [L. tellus, -uris, the earth: cf. F. tellurique.]
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Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth.
Amid these hot, telluric flames.
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(Chem.) Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or resembling, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with tellurous compounds; as, telluric acid, which is analogous to sulphuric acid.
Telluric bismuth (Min.), tetradymite.
Telluric silver (Min.), hessite.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 Pertaining to the Earth. 2 (context chemistry English) Containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to or containing the chemical element tellurium
of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air [syn: tellurian, terrestrial, terrene]
Wikipedia
Telluric (from the Latin tellus, "earth") may refer to several things related to the Earth:
- Telluric planet, see terrestrial planet, an Earth-like planet primarily composed of silicate rocks
- Telluric current, a natural electric current in the Earth's crust
- Telluric contamination, contamination of astronomical spectra by the Earth's atmosphere (also can be referred as Telluric lines or Telluric bands)
- Telluric compound, a compound which contains tellurium in the +6 oxidation state
- Telluric, a studio album by Australian singer-song writer, Matt Corby, 2016
Telluric is the debut studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Matt Corby. The album was released on 11 March 2016.
Usage examples of "telluric".
These are natural causes, which I have classified under the three heads of anthropological, telluric and social.
Every crime, from the smallest to the most atrocious, is the result of the interaction of these three causes, the anthropological condition of the criminal, the telluric environment in which he is living, and the social environment in which he is born, living and operating.
Of course, the influence of either the anthropological or telluric or social element varies from case to case.
The study of collective society or of the single individual has resulted in the understanding that the life of society and of the individual is always the product of the inextricable net of the anthropological, telluric and social elements.
For the economic conditions are a result of favorable or unfavorable telluric conditions which are acted upon by the intelligence and energy of a certain race.
There are, furthermore, the telluric factors, that is to say, the physical environment in which we live and to which we pay no attention.
In order that crime may develop, it is necessary that anthropological, social and telluric factors should act together.
The telluric environment has a great influence on our physical activity, by way of our nervous system.
The influence of the telluric factors, then, cannot be denied, and the influence of the social factor intensifies it, as I have already shown by its most drastic and characteristic example, that of want.
The work of the legislator may be slow, difficult, and inadequate, so far as the telluric and anthropological factors are concerned.
We have now surveyed briefly the natural genesis of crime, as a natural social phenomenon, brought about by the interaction of anthropological, telluric, and social influences, which in any determined moment act upon a personality standing on the cross road of vice and virtue, crime and honesty.
If the same individual were to live under unfavorable conditions, without any education, if he were to find himself in unhealthy telluric surroundings, in a mine, a rice field, or a miasmatic swamp, he would become insane.
This misunderstanding was explained at the congress of Geneva by the statement that the interaction of the social and telluric environment is required also in the case of the born criminal.
But by changing the condition of the social environment, which is most easily modified, the legislator may alter the influence of the telluric environment and the organic and psychic conditions of the population, control the greater portion of crimes, and reduce them considerably.
But it is our firm conviction that the endemic form of criminality, insanity, and suicide will disappear, and that nothing will remain of them but rare sporadic forms caused by lesion or telluric and other influences.