Definitions For Tellurion

TELLURION (plural TELLURIONs) (astronomy, historical) An instrument used to show how the rotation of the earth on its axis and its orbit#noun, orbit around the sun cause day and night and the season#noun, seasons.

tellarium {{qualifier, probably erroneous}} tellurian tellurium

Finnish: telluurio Irish: teallúrán, m

, and maker of scientific instruments{{refn, group=n, name=n1, From the collection of the {{w, Harvard Science Center}}, {{w, Harvard University}}, in cambridge, massachusetts, USA.}}]] {{PIE root, en, telh₂}} from {{der + en + la + tellūs + + earth, ground; the globe, planet earth; country, land}} (ultimately from {{der + en + ine-pro + *telh₂- + + to bear, carry; to endure, undergo}} + latinate suffix used in place of -ian/">ion (a latinate suffix used in place of -ian + lexicographer, and maker of scientific instruments: see the quotation.ref{{r:oed online/">benjamin martin}} (baptized 1705; died 1782), an english lecturer, lexicographer, and maker of scientific instruments: see the quotation.{{r:oed online