[
US
/ˈmɑɹʃən/
]
[ UK /mˈɑːʃən/ ]
[ UK /mˈɑːʃən/ ]
NOUN
- imaginary people who live on the planet Mars
ADJECTIVE
- of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional inhabitants)
How To Use Martian In A Sentence
- The aerobrake - a huge, convex disc underneath the spacecraft - was producing friction with the Martian atmosphere.
- The mission will send a lander and a rover to the red planet to carry out exobiology and geophysical analysis of the Martian environment.
- That creepy old retired nun with the rheumy face of a Martian had locked him in a closet in the basement.
- Crism also will map the geology, composition, and stratigraphy of various Martian surface features.
- Further tests by the Phoenix lander found traces of a substance called perchlorate in the Martian soil. Signs of the Times
- The same materials, thrown into the Martian atmosphere by strong winds, give the Martian sky a pinkish color.
- The Martian meteorite crashes through the Earth's atmosphere - a blazing fireball.
- Not only are Martian volcanoes huge, they are surprisingly complex.
- The rover recently examined a rock named ‘Wishstone,’ which contains significant deposits of phosphorous that may have been left behind from water percolating up through the Martian surface.
- Under certain conditions of observation, the really complex Martian details appear as a réseau of fine lines.