Extraterrestrian

//ˌɛkstɹətəˈɹɛstɹiən// adj, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of extraterrestrial.

    "To the amazement of the extra-terrestrians, Arcot’s first move was to create a titanic plane of artificial matter, and neatly bisect the Thought at the middle!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of extraterrestrial.

    "For instance, even the hypothesis ‘There is extraterrestrian life and Kepler’s laws hold’ is logically stronger than Kepler’s laws alone, but we would not like to say that this hypothesis can be confirmed by, let’s say, observing the orbit of Jupiter."

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"To the amazement of the extra-terrestrians, Arcot’s first move was to create a titanic plane of artificial matter, and neatly bisect the Thought at the middle!"

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