terraqueous

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From its founding, on not very solid ground, Washington, D.C. has been terraqueous; a city of both land and water, where maps chart realty and reality interchangeably.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 19, 2017

The victory of the terraqueous globe theory following the discovery of America is the first great triumph of experience over philosophical deduction, and thus the beginning of a revolution.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

In the wake of Columbus’s discovery of America a silent revolution occurred, the invention of what we now call ‘the terraqueous globe’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The terraqueous globe theory was not underdetermined; in this case the relationship between the theory and the facts was a tight one, not a loose one.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Only later, in 1629, was a satisfactory technical term invented to identify unambiguously this new entity: it was called ‘the terraqueous globe’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton