Martian

martian English 2018 November 28 Etymology thumb|A photograph of the Martian surface (adjective sense 1) taken on 10 March 1997 by the Hubble Space Telescope thumb|A Martian sunset. From en la Mārtius of or relating to the planet Mars en an adjective-forming suffix.adj. and n 114438 December 2000 The word is cognate with enm marcien, enm marcyan, enm mercien subject to the influence or power of the planet Mars; relating to the god Mars, that is, warlike,marcian adj.(1) yes MED26893 27 November 2018 frm martien Martian (modern fr martien), fr Martien imaginary inhabitant of Mars; any extraterrestrial, it marziano, la Mārtiānus Martian, pt marciano, es marciano. Pronunciation en /ˈmɑːʃən/ RP märʹshən GA, en /ˈmɑɹʃən/ en en-au-Martian.ogg AU en ɑː(ɹ)ʃən 2 en Mart ian Adjective - Of or relating to the planet Mars, or en science fiction its imagined inhabitants. from 19th c. en Arean areo- en The Planet Mars: An Essay by a Whewellite The Cornhill Magazine London Smith, Elder & Co.,15 Waterloo Place July 1873 XXVIII 163 96–97 https://books.google.com/books?id=S2YJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA97 561748243 The direct heat of the sun, shining through so thin an atmosphere, must be considerable wherever the sun is at a sufficient elevation; and of course the very tenuity of the air renders vaporization so much the easier, for the boiling point (and consequently all temperatures of evaporation at given rates) would be correspondingly lowered. Accordingly, during the greater part of the Martian day, the hoar frost and whatever light snow might have fallen on the preceding evening would be completely dissolved away, and thus the ruddy earth or the greenish ice-masses of the so-called oceans would be revealed to the terrestral observer. en H[enry] H[aven] Windsor w:Popular Mechanics Chicago, Ill. Popular Mechanics Co. September 1910 14 3 456 https://books.google.com/books?id=_B_ZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA456 1 506031407 Prof. Percival Lowell, the eminent Martian astronomer, said in a recent interview in New York: "The Martian canals are not Panama canals. The word 'canals' you know, really means 'lines.' [...]" en Austin C. Lescarboura Wireless Fakes and Fakers H[ugo] Gernsback w:Radio World New York, N.Y. Experimenter Publishing Co. October 1920 2 4 217 https://books.google.com/books?id=F8c7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA217 2–3 637584429 Not wishing to lose this great opportunity of being the first to receive Martian signals, we 'phoned to the manager to come over immediately and verify our "startling" discovery. [...] A day later a lineman in the employ of a stock quotation ticker agency happened to be working on the roof. [...] [H]e suggested that we might possibly be troubled with induction from these wires, and that our lead-in would perhaps be better if it ran along the outside of the building. Troubled with induction! In truth, that was the very thing which we had mistaken for Martian signals. en Mark Pilkington Martian spoken here https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/jan/08/research.highereducation https://web.archive.org/web/20140912195122/http://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/jan/08/research.highereducation 12 September 2014 w:The Guardian London 8 January 2004 She [Catherine Elise Muller] claimed her astral body was transported to the planet, so she was able to draw detailed Martian landscapes and to speak and write its language. en Justin Filiberto; Susanne P. Schwenzer Introduction to Volatiles in the Martian Crust Justin Filiberto; Susanne P. Schwenzer Volatiles in the Martian Crust Amsterdam; Kidlington, Oxford w:Elsevier 2019 section 1.1.1 (Martian Meteorites) 4 https://books.google.com/books?id=44mZDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA4 978-0-12-804191-8 Martian meteorites (Fig. 1.3) are pieces of Mars that have been blasted off the surface, hurtled through space, and delivered to Earth [...]. We know they are from Mars because the noble gases, carbon, and nitrogen measured in shock melt pockets in certain meteorites have the same relative elemental abundances and similar isotopic ratios as the Martian atmosphere—a unique fingerprint [...]. en Joe Minihane 24 of the world’s most unusual landscapes w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/worlds-most-unusual-landscapes-list 2025-04-22 Close to the border with Eritrea, its ethereal, Martian landscape sits within the Danakil Depression. https://web.archive.org/web/20250819211632/https://www.cnn.com/travel/worlds-most-unusual-landscapes-list en astrology Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mars; aggressive, bellicose. from 14th c. en Martial en C. de Saint-Germain The Planets Practical Astrology: A Simple Method of Casting Horoscopes:The Language of the Stars Easily Comprehended Chicago, Ill. Laird & Lee, publishers 1901 83–84 https://archive.org/details/practicalastrolo00sain/page/84/mode/1up 8459738 [T]he majority of human beings born under the influence of Mars—the Martians (or "Martials")—are heavily built but physically strong. [...] [T]hey are easily angered, and, for the time being, forget everything in the excess of their violence. The worst Martian type will commit murder before he knows it. en obsolete Pertaining to battle or war; martial, military. 15th–17th c. 1596.2 IV V 6 68 The iudges vvhich thereto ſelected vvere, / Into the Martian field adovvne deſcended, / To deeme this doutfull caſe, for vvhich they all contended. en pertaining to the Roman god Mars Pertaining to the Roman god Mars, the god of war. en Arean<id:pertaining to the Greek god Ares> Alternative forms en martian Derived terms en circummartian circum-Martian Martian blueberry Martianism Martianize Martianness Martian packet Martian poetry Martian spherule trans-Martian Translations of or relating to the planet Mars Arabic: ar مِرِّيخِيّ Belarusian: be марсія́нскі Breton: br meurzhek Catalan: ca marcià Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 火星的 Cornish: kw meurthek Dutch: nl Mars-, nl van Mars of Mars, nl Martiaans Esperanto: eo marsa Finnish: fi marsilainen French: fr martien m, fr martienne f Galician: gl marciano m, gl marciana f German: de marsianisch, de Mars- Greek: el αρειανός m, el αρειανή f, el αρειανό n Hebrew: he מאדימי ma'adimí Hungarian: hu marsi, hu marsbéli of the planet, hu marslakó, hu Mars-lakó of inhabitants Irish: ga Marsa, ga Marsach Italian: it marziano m, it marziana f Japanese: ja 火星 火星の… kasei no Kazakh: kk марстағы Korean: ko 화성의⋯ Latin: la Mārtiānus m, la Mārtiāna f, la Mārtiānum n Macedonian: mk марсовски Middle English: enm marcyan Occitan: oc marsian m Persian: fa مریخی merixi, fa بهرامی bahrâmi Polish: pl marsjański Portuguese: pt marciano Romanian: ro marțian m Russian: ru марсиа́нский Serbo-Croatian: sh mȁrsovskī, sh ма̏рсовскӣ Spanish: es marciano Swedish: sv marsiansk Ukrainian: uk марсія́нський, uk марсіа́нський Urdu: ur مِرِّیخی Welsh: cy Mawrthaidd m Noun thumb|Martians (noun sense 2) depicted in an illustration by Frank R. Paul accompanying a reprint of H. G. Wells’ novel The War of the Worlds (1898) in the August 1927 issue of the science fiction magazine Amazing Stories en astrology A person under the astrological influence of the planet Mars. en C. de Saint-Germain The Planets Practical Astrology: A Simple Method of Casting Horoscopes:The Language of the Stars Easily Comprehended Chicago, Ill. Laird & Lee, publishers 1901 83–84 https://archive.org/details/practicalastrolo00sain/page/83/mode/1up 8459738 [T]he majority of human beings born under the influence of Mars—the Martians (or "Martials")—are heavily built but physically strong. [...] A male Martian is generally a great favorite with the ladies and is apt to be rather quick and unscrupulous in his courtship methods. He is not a sentimental lover. A bad Martian is a loud, fatiguing talker and a braggard. en chiefly science fiction An inhabitant of the planet Mars. en little green man one sense marsling Marsling en w:Wentworth Erck The Moons of Mars The Cornhill Magazine London Smith, Elder & Co.,15 Waterloo Place October 1877 XXXVI 214 424 https://books.google.com/books?id=LTQFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA424 561748243 Thus she [one of the moons of Mars] has a disc, always on this assumption be it remembered, equal to about a quarter of our moon's; and being illuminated by the sun, like the other moon, with a light varying from one-half to one-third that which he pours on the earth, it follows that the light she reflects to Martians, or would reflect to them if there were any such beings, varies from one-eighth to one-twelfth of that which we receive from the full moon. The Cylinder Unscrews 28 Those who have never seen a living Martian can scarcely imagine the strange horror of their appearance. The peculiar V-shaped mouth with its pointed upper lip, the absence of brow ridges, the absence of a chin beneath the wedge-like lower lip, the incessant quivering of this mouth, the Gorgon groups of tentacles, [...] en Signals from Mars The North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette: The Weekly Edition of the North-China Daily News Shanghai Printed and published at the offices of the North-China Daily News & Herald, Ld. 8 November 1913 CIX (New Series) 2413 399 https://books.google.com/books?id=VZYhAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA399 2 662525861 [...] M. le Coultre, the distinguished astronomer of Geneva, has once more declared that the Martians are trying to signal to us. [...] How long M. le Coultre's suggestion will stand before it goes the way of other similar conjectures now exploded, no one can say. en w:Orison Swett Marden Are You a Fish Out of Water? Orison Swett Marden The New Success: Marden’s Magazine New York, N.Y. The Lowrey-Marden Corporation May 1921 V 5 54 https://books.google.com/books?id=67URAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA4-PA54 866840605 If the Martian understood and could analyze the character of men and women, he would find in shops, factories, mills, schools, offices, in business, in the professions and arts, multitudes of men and women in the unhappy position of the fish out of water. Floundering hopelessly in vocations for which they have no aptitude, unless some merciful wave carry them to their native element, the place for which nature especially equipped them, their lives will be wrecked. IV 57 Like a philosopher, or rather the hermit crab, he [Hoo Keng Tuck] lives in complete retirement, looking out occasionally from his coign of vantage upon his luckless compatriots who are struggling to make this world a better place to live in for themselves and their children, pretty much as a Martian might watch the social activities of the earth's inhabitants. en Malva E. Filer A Change of Skin and the Shaping of a Mexican Time Robert Brody; Charles Rossman Carlos Fuentes: A Critical View Texas Pan American Series Austin, Tx. w:University of Texas Press 1982 128 https://books.google.com/books?id=n4pdAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA128 978-0-292-71077-1 However, despite a declared interest in Mexico's Indian past, he feels that his country's uneducated and mostly Indian citizens are like creatures of another species. To then, "we are like Martians," Javier says, "We don't speak as they do or think as they do … If we do see them, it's like the zoo … We are their enemies and they know it" [...]. en “Bagehot” [pseudonym] Go away, we need you: In Britain, xenophilia runs almost as deep as xenophobia http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21583982-britain-xenophilia-runs-almost-deep-xenophobia-go-away-we-need-you https://web.archive.org/web/20130822202225/http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21583982-britain-xenophilia-runs-almost-deep-xenophobia-go-away-we-need-you 22 August 2013 w:The Economist 24 August 2013 408 8850 A Martian who landed in Britain in the past few weeks—assuming he managed to get a visa—would take it for a place that dislikes visitors. [...] And yet, if he lingered, the Martian might find himself being asked how health care was organised on his planet, or how its retailers were coping with the internet. en rare specifically A male Martian. en Martianess Coordinate terms en Jovian Lunar Lunarian Mercurian Neptunian Plutonian Saturnian Solarian Terran Uranian Venusian Derived terms en Martianess Tamartian Translations inhabitant of the planet Mars Arabic: ar مَرِيخِيّ m Belarusian: be марсія́нін, be марсія́нка Breton: br Meurzhiad m Bulgarian: bg марсианец m Catalan: ca marcià, ca marciana f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 火星人 Czech: cs Marťan m Danish: da marsbo, da marsboer c, da marsmand c Dutch: nl marsmannetje n Esperanto: eo marsano m f, eo marsanino f Finnish: fi marsilainen French: fr martien m, fr martienne f, fr Martien m, fr Martienne f Galician: gl marciano m, gl marciana f German: de Marsianer m, de Marsianerin f, de Marsbewohner m, de Marsbewohnerin f, de Marsmensch m Greek: el αρειανός m, el αρειανή f, el Αρειανός m, el Αρειανή f Hebrew: he מאדימי ma'adimí Hungarian: hu marslakó, hu Mars-lakó Icelandic: is marsbúi m Irish: ga Marsach m Italian: it marziano m, it marziana f Japanese: ja 火星人 かせいじん, Kasei-jin Kazakh: kk марстағы Korean: ko 화성인 Lithuanian: lt marsiẽtis m, lt marsiẽtė f Macedonian: mk Марсовец m, mk Марсовка f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb marsboer m, nb marsbuer m Nynorsk: nn marsbuar m, nn Mars-buar m Persian: fa مریخی merrixi Polish: pl Marsjanin m, pl Marsjanka f Portuguese: pt marciano m, pt marciana f Romansh: rm Marsian m Russian: ru марсиа́нин m, ru марсиа́нка f Serbo-Croatian: sh Марсовац m Marsovac, sh Марсовка f Marsovka Slovak: sk marťan m, sk marťanka f Spanish: es marciano m, es marciana f Swedish: sv marsian c, sv marsmänniska c Ukrainian: uk марсія́нин m, uk марсія́нка f, uk марсіа́нин m, uk марсіа́нка f Urdu: ur مِرِّیخی Welsh: cy Mawrthiad m Proper noun en science fiction A hypothetical language spoken on Mars. en Mark Pilkington Martian spoken here https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/jan/08/research.highereducation https://web.archive.org/web/20140912195122/http://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/jan/08/research.highereducation 12 September 2014 w:The Guardian London 8 January 2004 Although impressed by [Catherine Elise] Muller as a person, [Théodore] Flournoy regarded her experiences as a marvel of psychology rather than spiritualism. One of his key findings was that, while Muller's Martian had a consistent 23 letter alphabet, grammar and syntax, it was in fact a twisted variant of French. en w:BioWare Mass Effect: Andromeda Science Fiction Redwood City Electronic Arts 2017 PC Tempest 1261299044 Suvi: Between the Remnant city, Meridian, and however the Scourge fits in... pardon my Martian, but it's all weird as shit. Translations hypothetical language spoken on Mars Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 火星語 French: fr martien m German: de Marsianisch n Italian: it marziano m Polish: pl marsjański m Russian: ru марсианский m Swedish: sv marsianska c References Further reading Martian (disambiguation) Anagrams en aaimnrt Martina tamarin en Astronomy Celestial inhabitants Demonyms Mars (planet)