telluric

1. Of or relating to Earth; terrestrial.
2. Derived from or containing tellurium, especially with valence 6.

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the earth or of human life on earth: earthbound, earthen, earthly, earthy, mundane, secular, tellurian, temporal, terrene, terrestrial, worldly. See body/spirit, culture/nature, place.

M. Benedict's term for the rhabdic force that presumably moves the divining rod.

1. pertaining to tellurium.
2. pertaining to or originating from the earth.

Telluric (from the Latin tellus, "earth") may refer to several things related to the Earth:

• Telluric planet, an Earth-like planet primarily composed of silicate rocks
• Telluric current, a natural electrical current in the Earth's crust
• Telluric contamination, contamination of astronomical spectra by the Earth's atmosphere (also can be referred as Telluric lines or Telluric bands)
• Telluric compound, a compound which contains tellurium in the +6 oxidation state

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