Meaning | stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface. |
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Narrower | aerolite | A stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals |
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micrometeorite, micrometeoroid, micrometeor | A meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere |
pallasite | A meteorite composed principally of olivine and metallic iron |
siderite | A meteorite consisting principally of nickel and iron |
Broader | meteoroid, meteor | (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere |
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Spanish | meteorito |
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Catalan | meteorit |
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Adjectives | meteoritic, meteoritical | of or relating to or caused by meteorites |
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