Martian
adj.
of or pertaining to the planet Mars
n.
hypothetical inhabitant of mars, any extraterrestrial being
Martian
This article is about hypothetical native inhabitants of the
planet Mars. For other uses, see
Martian (disambiguation). As an adjective, the term "martian" is used to describe anything pertaining to the
planet Mars.However, a Martian is more usually a hypothetical or
fictional native inhabitant of the
planet Mars. Historically,
life on Mars has often been hypothesized, although there is currently no solid evidence of life there at present. Some scientists have theorized that there is
meteorite evidence of fossilised microbes.
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Martian
Noun
1. imaginary people who live on the planet Mars
(hypernym) imaginary being, imaginary creature
Adjective
1. of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional inhabitants)
(pertainym) Mars, Red Planet
Martian
Packets that turn up unexpectedly on the wrong
network because of bogus
routing entries. Also a packet which has an altogether bogus (non-registered or ill-formed)
internet address, such as the test loopback interface [127.0.0.1]. Such a packet will come back labelled with a source address that is clearly not of this earth. "The domain server is getting lots of packets from Mars. Does that gateway have a martian filter?"
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Martian
inhabitant of Mars