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on earth

ɔn ərθ
WordNet
In the foreground two men who have dug a hole in the earth, and are kindling fire in it, so that the iron melts. In the background they hammer the iron into the desired shape and grind it smooth on a stone. In the margin a legend in Dutch.
In the foreground two men who have dug a hole in the earth, and are kindling fire in it, so that the iron melts. In the background they hammer the iron into the desired shape and grind it smooth on a stone. In the margin a legend in Dutch.
  1. (adv) on earth
    used with question words to convey surprise "what on earth are you doing?"
Illustrations
Device with which the movement of the sun, earth, moon and planets can be graphically represented. Metal crank with wooden knob. This can be placed on a bar that protrudes from the bottom of the chassis and operates a mechanism.
Device with which the movement of the sun, earth, moon and planets can be graphically represented. Metal crank with wooden knob. This can be placed on a bar that protrudes from the bottom of the chassis and operates a mechanism.
In the center, the heavenly hosts in the clouds and the people on earth worship the Trinity. Around this performance eight small scenes in which the eight beatitudes are depicted. A Latin text in the lower center of the cartouche. The print is part of a series on the few central tenets of faith.
In the center, the heavenly hosts in the clouds and the people on earth worship the Trinity. Around this performance eight small scenes in which the eight beatitudes are depicted. A Latin text in the lower center of the cartouche. The print is part of a series on the few central tenets of faith.
Device with which the movement of the sun, earth, moon and planets can be graphically represented. The base is a table on four short legs with a brass gear under the table top from which a rod protrudes on which a crank (-4) can be pushed. On the tabletop are names and symbols of constellations and the twelve months. Centrally a tapered tripod. The sun belongs to this (a gilded sphere: -5).
Device with which the movement of the sun, earth, moon and planets can be graphically represented. The base is a table on four short legs with a brass gear under the table top from which a rod protrudes on which a crank (-4) can be pushed. On the tabletop are names and symbols of constellations and the twelve months. Centrally a tapered tripod. The sun belongs to this (a gilded sphere: -5).
In the universe Aurora floats above the earth. Part of the zodiac can be seen in the background; the Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius.
In the universe Aurora floats above the earth. Part of the zodiac can be seen in the background; the Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius.
The female personification of earth and the male personification of water sit together under a tree on the waterfront. On the left a satyr with a fruit basket and a panther. A putto floats above. French text and coat of arms in the bottom margin.
The female personification of earth and the male personification of water sit together under a tree on the waterfront. On the left a satyr with a fruit basket and a panther. A putto floats above. French text and coat of arms in the bottom margin.
One part (of two); white mixed cover with the title in black, from right to left; 40 sheets, numbered: 1a, title page; 1b, biography; 2, calligraphy on white paper; 3a, print of an animal standing on its hind legs near reed and sickle moon; 3b-32, images of people and landscapes, interspersed with calligraphy; 33-41, text and red stamps; inside cover, colophon; cover on the back, depicting two seated men. Preserved together with accompanying part in dark blue cover with white title strip at the top center.
Collection of drawings of Gesson - Earth
The element of Earth, personified by the goddess Cybele. She wears a wall crown and holds a scepter in her hand. In the background on the left some people near a cave. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a four-part series about the four elements.
The element of Earth, personified by the goddess Cybele. She wears a wall crown and holds a scepter in her hand. In the background on the left some people near a cave. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a four-part series about the four elements.
Personification of Earth, one of the four elements, a standing naked woman with a cornucopia.
Personification of Earth, one of the four elements, a standing naked woman with a cornucopia.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
The average temperature on Earth is 15 degrees celcius.
  1. On earth
    an intensive expression, oftenest used in questions and exclamations; as, What on earth shall I do? Nothing on earth will satisfy him.
Quotations
We are not put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through.
Source Unknown
On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
Jules Renard
The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.
Jean Paul Richter
Always remember when you are on top of the world , that the earth rotates every 24 hrs.
Steve G. Makris
Samuel Butler
Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
Samuel Butler
Think not I came to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.
Bible
Usage in the news

This is what happens when some of the newest land on Earth suddenly splits off and falls into to the ocean. hawaiimagazine.com

Where on Earth does this expression come from, though. k96fm.com

Mayor of 'The Greatest Show on Earth'. ashingtonpost.com

Abel Ferrara 's apocalyptic drama "4.44 Last Day on Earth" helps close out the New Orleans Film Society's Film-O-Rama 2012 today. nola.com

The 2012 Yellow Daisy Flower Show presents "The Greatest Show on Earth," Friday through Sunday as part of the annual Yellow Daisy Festival. neighbornewspapers.com

A protoype of Canada's Juno rover stretching its legs here on Earth. msnbc.msn.com

The World's First Flying Saucer : Made Right Here on Earth. sciam.com

The policy will take effect on Earth Day, April 22, Block said. dailybreeze.com

Myrtle Beach company Atlantic Stage explores the after-life on earth. charlestoncitypaper.com

Can gamma -ray bursts destroy life on Earth. msnbc.msn.com

Best Secret Islands on Earth 2010. travelandleisure.com

Hercules represents humanity (the world disciple), living on Earth, encountering life experiences, given tasks and being tested. freeweekly.com

He's been depicted as Darth Vader in the Russian press and described as "the scariest person on Earth". forbes.com

Photo by Jim WashburnThey say sweating is good for you, in which case I'm now the best person on Earth. ocweekly.com

One of the worst predators on earth consuming fish being retrieved by anglers. naplesnews.com

Usage in scientific papers

Fλ is the star flux at wavelength λ, measured on earth and corrected for reddening.
Is there ERE in bright nebulae?

Supposed that a photon which is emitted from an atom on earth has definite energy E0 .
Gauge Theory of Gravity

It is known that on earth, the gravitational field is very weak, i.e.
Gauge Theory of Gravity

But on earth, the gravitational field is very weak, so the equivalence principle almost exactly holds.
Gauge Theory of Gravity

We proceed now to calculate the last link in the model, which is the relation between the CRF variations and temperature changes on Earth.
The Spiral Structure of the Milky Way, Cosmic Rays, and Ice Age Epochs on Earth

Usage in literature

If he is going to write, why on earth doesn't he sit straight down and do it? "Virginia" by Ellen Glasgow

Where on earth have you sprung from? "With Haig on the Somme" by D. H. Parry

They were two gentle eyes closing on earth. "Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" by Hans Christian Andersen

The poet aspires to heaven, but has to stop on earth and earn his daily bread. "The Heart of Nature" by Francis Younghusband

Even on Earth, when the taming had been done, they moved on. "Eight Keys to Eden" by Mark Irvin Clifton

Why, if you could jump a distance of ten feet on the earth, you could jump sixty feet on the moon just as easily! "To Mars via The Moon" by Mark Wicks

Another fact to remember is that Declination on the celestial sphere corresponds to latitude on the earth. "Lectures in Navigation" by Ernest Gallaudet Draper

I suppose there isn't anybody on earth as fine as daddy. "Otherwise Phyllis" by Meredith Nicholson

Venus, on the other hand, comes closest to the earth when she passes between it and the sun. "A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century" by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke

He said it was all right, only he didn't know what on earth he was to say to her. "The Combined Maze" by May Sinclair

Usage in poetry
Love's twilight wanes in heaven above,
On earth ere twilight reigns:
Ere fear may feel the chill thereof,
Love's twilight wanes.
"Before Sunset" by Algernon Charles Swinburne Author object (28)
If few and short the joys of life
That thou on earth couldst know,
Little thou knew'st of sin and strife
Nor much of pain and woe.
"To --------" by Anne Bronte Author object (43)
I almost forgot:
Rhoda is the Rose.
And this flower perhaps is the only thing
that’s left us on earth
from the Paradise that was.
"Lost Paradise" by Jaroslav Seifert Author object (343)
And when our days on earth are o'er
When all our work below is done,
O bid us welcome to the shore
Of peace and light beyond the sun.
"Morning Hymn" by Alfred Gibbs Campbell
The saints above are stars in heaven -
What are the saints on earth?
Like tress they stand whom God has given,
Our Eden's happy birth.
"Septuagesima Sunday" by John Keble Author object (382)
Bring them all
to where I am waiting for you;
we shall always be alone,
we shall always be you and I
alone on earth,
to start our life!
"Always" by Pablo Neruda Author object (524)