tellurion

[ te-loor-ee-on ]

noun

1. an apparatus for showing the manner in which the diurnal rotation and annual revolution of the earth and the obliquity of its axis produce the alternation of day and night and the changes of the seasons.

tellurion

/ tɛˈlʊərɪən /

noun

1. an instrument that shows how day and night and the seasons result from the tilt of the earth, its rotation on its axis, and its revolution around the sun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tellurion¹

1825–35; < Latin tellūr- (stem of tellūs ) earth + Greek -ion diminutive suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of tellurion¹

C19: from Latin tellūs the earth

Example Sentences

Another dial includes a tellurion, which depicts the movement of the sun, Earth and moon.

From Washington Post

A tellurion will not teach the changes of the seasons; bundles of splints, notation; nor black-board examples, the law of agreement; unless these are brought under the child's mental apprehension.

From Project Gutenberg