~The medium not only controls how things are communicated, but what things are communicated. by Peter Drucker.~
*earplug
noun (usu. earplugs)
1 a piece of wax, rubber, or cotton placed in the ear as protection against noise or water.
2 historical an ornament worn in the lobe of the ear.
*celestial
adjective [ attrib. ]
positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy : a celestial body.
• belonging or relating to heaven : the celestial city.
• supremely good : the celestial beauty of music.
DERIVATIVES
celestially adverb
*terrestial
adjective
of, on, or relating to the earth : increased ultraviolet radiation may disrupt terrestrial ecosystems.
• denoting television broadcast using equipment situated on the ground rather than by satellite : terrestrial and cable technology.
• of or on dry land : a submarine eruption will be much more explosive than its terrestrial counterpart.
• (of an animal) living on or in the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or aerial.
• (of a plant) growing on land or in the soil; not aquatic or epiphytic.
• Astronomy (of a planet) similar in size or composition to the earth, esp. being one of the four inner planets of our solar system.
• archaic of or relating to the earth as opposed to heaven.
noun
an inhabitant of the earth.
DERIVATIVES
terrestrially adverb
*orbit
noun
1 the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, esp. a periodic elliptical revolution.
• one complete circuit around an orbited body.
• the state of being on or moving in such a course : the earth is in orbit around the sun.
• the path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.
2 a sphere of activity, interest, or application : he moved into the orbit of two great anticommunist socialists of the 1940s and 1950s.
3 Anatomy the cavity in the skull of a vertebrate that contains the eye; the eye socket.
• the area around the eye of a bird or other animal.
verb ( -bited , -biting ) [ trans. ]
(of a celestial object or spacecraft) move in orbit around (a star, planet, or moon) : Mercury orbits the Sun.
• [ intrans. ] fly or move around in a circle : the mobile's disks spun and orbited slowly.
• put (a satellite) into orbit.
PHRASES
into orbit informal into a state of heightened performance, activity, anger, or excitement : his goal sent the fans into orbit.
*lunar
adjective
of, determined by, relating to, or resembling the moon : a lunar landscape.
*binary
adjective
1 relating to, using, or expressed in a system of numerical notation that has 2 rather than 10 as a base.
• in binary format : it is stored as a binary file.
2 relating to, composed of, or involving two things : testing the so-called binary, or dual-chemical, weapons.
noun ( pl. -ries)
1 the binary system: binary notation : the device is counting in binary.
2 something having two parts.
• a binary star.
*earplug
noun (usu. earplugs)
1 a piece of wax, rubber, or cotton placed in the ear as protection against noise or water.
2 historical an ornament worn in the lobe of the ear.
*celestial
adjective [ attrib. ]
positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy : a celestial body.
• belonging or relating to heaven : the celestial city.
• supremely good : the celestial beauty of music.
DERIVATIVES
celestially adverb
*terrestial
adjective
of, on, or relating to the earth : increased ultraviolet radiation may disrupt terrestrial ecosystems.
• denoting television broadcast using equipment situated on the ground rather than by satellite : terrestrial and cable technology.
• of or on dry land : a submarine eruption will be much more explosive than its terrestrial counterpart.
• (of an animal) living on or in the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or aerial.
• (of a plant) growing on land or in the soil; not aquatic or epiphytic.
• Astronomy (of a planet) similar in size or composition to the earth, esp. being one of the four inner planets of our solar system.
• archaic of or relating to the earth as opposed to heaven.
noun
an inhabitant of the earth.
DERIVATIVES
terrestrially adverb
*orbit
noun
1 the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, esp. a periodic elliptical revolution.
• one complete circuit around an orbited body.
• the state of being on or moving in such a course : the earth is in orbit around the sun.
• the path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.
2 a sphere of activity, interest, or application : he moved into the orbit of two great anticommunist socialists of the 1940s and 1950s.
3 Anatomy the cavity in the skull of a vertebrate that contains the eye; the eye socket.
• the area around the eye of a bird or other animal.
verb ( -bited , -biting ) [ trans. ]
(of a celestial object or spacecraft) move in orbit around (a star, planet, or moon) : Mercury orbits the Sun.
• [ intrans. ] fly or move around in a circle : the mobile's disks spun and orbited slowly.
• put (a satellite) into orbit.
PHRASES
into orbit informal into a state of heightened performance, activity, anger, or excitement : his goal sent the fans into orbit.
*lunar
adjective
of, determined by, relating to, or resembling the moon : a lunar landscape.
*binary
adjective
1 relating to, using, or expressed in a system of numerical notation that has 2 rather than 10 as a base.
• in binary format : it is stored as a binary file.
2 relating to, composed of, or involving two things : testing the so-called binary, or dual-chemical, weapons.
noun ( pl. -ries)
1 the binary system: binary notation : the device is counting in binary.
2 something having two parts.
• a binary star.
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