telluric

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The effective resolving power of each observation was obtained from fits to unsaturated telluric absorption lines and yielded mean values of 4,290, 8,150 and 5,750 in the ultraviolet B, visible and near-infrared arms, respectively.

From Nature • Oct. 15, 2017

Each night, immediately following the observations of the scientific standard, telluric standard stars were also observed, at an airmass comparable to the target airmass.

From Nature • Oct. 15, 2017

Maya used to read the dictionary with her beloved grandfather, something we're reminded of when she drops words such as "lapidary" and "telluric".

From The Guardian • May 30, 2013

The commander's suspicions are aroused when Morbius discloses that all the other colonists were murdered by a telluric demon that seems to inhabit the planet.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the solar spectrum, examined from that eminence, oxygen-absorption was so much enfeebled as to leave no possible doubt of its purely telluric origin.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)