Meanings
nounterrestrial planet (plural terrestrial planets)
plural terrestrial planets
- Any planet of the solar system or any exoplanet which is "Earth-like" in the sense that it is composed primarily of metals and rock, in contrast to a planet which is a gas giant.
Synonyms: rocky planet, tellurian planet, telluric planet
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny planet of the solar system or any exoplanet which is "Earth-like" in the sense that it is composed primarily of metals and rock, in contrast to a planet which is a gas giant.
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Afrikaans aardplaneet
- aardplaneetplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Bengali শিলাময় গ্রহ
- শিলাময় গ্রহ (śilamoẏ groho)planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Bulgarian земеподобна планета
- земеподобна планета (zemepodobna planeta)planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Catalan planeta tel·lúric
- planeta tel·lúricplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Chinese Mandarin 類地行星 /类地行星
- 類地行星 /类地行星 (lèidì xíngxīng)planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Dutch aardse planeet
- aardse planeetplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Finnish kiviplaneetta, maankaltainen planeetta
- kiviplaneettaplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
- maankaltainen planeettaplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
French planète tellurique
- planète telluriqueplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
German erdähnlicher Planet
- erdähnlicher Planetplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Hindi स्थलीय ग्रह
- स्थलीय ग्रह (sthalīya grah)planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Hungarian kőzetbolygó
- kőzetbolygóplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Indonesian planet kebumian
- planet kebumianplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Italian pianeta terrestre
- pianeta terrestreplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Japanese 地球型惑星
- 地球型惑星 (chikyūgata wakusei)planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Malay planet bumian
- planet bumianplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Polish planeta skalista
- planeta skalistaplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Portuguese planeta telúrico
- planeta telúricoplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Romanian terestrială planetă, planetă telurică
- terestrială planetăplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
- planetă teluricăplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Russian плане́та земно́го ти́па
- плане́та земно́го ти́па (planéta zemnóvo típa)planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Slovak terestriálna planéta
- terestriálna planétaplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Swedish stenplanet
- stenplanetplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Tamil புவியொத்த கோள்
- புவியொத்த கோள் (puviyotta kōḷ)planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Thai ดาวเคราะห์คล้ายโลก
- ดาวเคราะห์คล้ายโลกplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Turkish dünyasal gezegen, kayasal gezegen
- dünyasal gezegenplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
- kayasal gezegenplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
- yerbenzeri gezegenplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
- karasal gezegenplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Ukrainian землеподібна планета
- землеподібна планета (zemlepodibna planeta)planet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
Vietnamese hành tinh đất đá
- hành tinh đất đáplanet or exoplanet consisting chiefly of metals and rock
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APA
terrestrial planet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terrestrial%20planet
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“terrestrial planet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terrestrial%20planet. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “terrestrial planet,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terrestrial%20planet.
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