How to pronounce tellurion
American English pronunciation
teh-LOOR-ee-un
- IPA
- /tɛˈlʊɹi.ən/
- Syllables
- teh · LOOR · ee · un (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What tellurion means
A model showing how Earth makes day, night and seasons
In a sentence: The teacher cranked the tellurion so we could watch Earth tilt as it circled the lamp.
Where it comes from: It comes from tellus, the Latin word for earth. It was possibly coined by Benjamin Martin, an English maker of science tools in the 1700s.
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