transearth

Meanings

adjectivetransearth (not comparable)

not comparableTowards the earth from the moon or another planet.
After the Apollo 13 accident, the transearth injection burn shortened the return time by about 9 hours.

verbtransearth (third-person singular simple present transearths, present participle transearthing, simple past and past participle transearthed)

present singular third person transearths · participle present transearthing · participle past transearthed · past transearthed

archaictransitiveTo transplant
As fruits of hotter countries, transearthed in colder climates, have vigour enough in themselves to be fructuous according to their nature: but, that they are hindered by the chilling nips of the air, and the soil, wherein they are planted.
1904, Owen Felltham, William Henry Oliphant Smeaton, Resolves

transearth · adjective

transearth · verb

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