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Definition of Terra firma

Terra firma
Terra Ter"ra, n. [It. & L. See Terrace.] The earth; earth. Terra alba [L., white earth] (Com.), a white amorphous earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum, aluminium silicate (kaolin), or some similar ingredient, as magnesia. It is sometimes used to adulterate certain foods, spices, candies, paints, etc. Terra cotta. [It., fr. terra earth + cotta, fem. of cotto cooked, L. coctus, p. p. of coquere to cook. See Cook, n.] Baked clay; a kind of hard pottery used for statues, architectural decorations, figures, vases, and the like. Terr[ae] filius [L., son of the earth], formerly, one appointed to write a satirical Latin poem at the public acts in the University of Oxford; -- not unlike the prevaricator at Cambridge, England. Terra firma [L.], firm or solid earth, as opposed to water. Terra Japonica. [NL.] Same as Gambier. It was formerly supposed to be a kind of earth from Japan. Terra Lemnia [L., Lemnian earth], Lemnian earth. See under Lemnian. Terra ponderosa [L., ponderous earth] (Min.), barite, or heavy spar. Terra di Sienna. See Sienna.

Meaning of Terra firma from wikipedia

- Look up terra firma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Terra firma ("solid earth" in Latin) may refer to: Solid earth, the planet's solid surface and...
- Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd. (TFCP) is a UK-based private equity firm. Financier Guy Hands founded the firm in 2002 through the spin-off of Nomura...
- and investor. He is most notable as the founder and former chairman of Terra Firma Capital Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in Europe....
- "Terra Firma" is the ninth and tenth episode of the third season of the American television series Star Trek: Discovery, and the 38th and the 39th episode...
- The Terra Firma Islands ( 68°42′S 67°32′W / 68.700°S 67.533°W / -68.700; -67.533 (Terra Firma Islands)) are a small group of islands lying 8 nautical...
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- album Terra Firma would be released on 19 February 2021. Written and recorded over a period of almost 2 years, between 2019 and 2021, Terra Firma saw Sultana...
- and lyrics in various Swedish bands, including Unleashed, Loud Pipes, Terra Firma, Celestial Pain, Born of Fire, Harms Way, and Atlantic Tide. Lindgren...
- Mountain! (and followed rapidly by Beachcomber's Windowsill & Tales From Terra Firma on reissued vinyl), the band have released their music chiefly on recycled...
- broad-leaf tropical rainforests: for example várzea and igapó forests and the terra firme forests of the Amazon Basin; the peat swamp forests; dipterocarp forests...