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meteorite

English

Etymology

meteor +? -ite

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?mi?.t?.?.?a?t/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?mi.ti.???a?t/, /-?i-/
  • Hyphenation: me?te?or?ite

Noun

meteorite (plural meteorites)

  1. A metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteoroid.

Hyponyms

  • See also Thesaurus:meteorite

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

Further reading

  • meteorite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

meteorite m or f (plural meteoriti)

  1. meteorite

Derived terms

  • micrometeorite

Anagrams

  • ometterei

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meteoroid

English

Etymology

meteor +? -oid

Pronunciation

Noun

meteoroid (plural meteoroids)

  1. (astronomy) A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere

Hypernyms

  • celestial object

Hyponyms

  • micrometeoroid

Derived terms

  • micrometeoroid
  • meteoroidal

Related terms

  • meteor
  • meteorite
  • meteoritic
  • meteoritics
  • meteoriticist
  • meteorology

Translations

References

  • meteoroid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /m?.t?.??r?.it/

Noun

meteoroid m inan

  1. (astronomy) meteoroid

Declension

Further reading

  • meteoroid in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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