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Meteorite

Me′te-or-ite

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
météorite
.]
(Min.)
A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aerolite.
☞ Meteorites usually show a pitted surface with a fused crust, caused by the heat developed in their rapid passage through the earth’s atmosphere. A meteorite may consist:
1
. Of metallic iron, alloyed with a small percentage of nickel (meteoric iron, holosiderite). When etched this usually exhibits peculiar crystalline figures, called Widmanstätten figures.
2
. Of a cellular mass of iron with imbedded silicates (mesosiderite or siderolite).
3
. Of a stony mass of silicates with little iron (meteoric stone, sporadosiderite).
4
. Of a mass without iron (asiderite).

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Meteorite

Meteorite

See also: meteorite and météorite

German

Noun

Meteorite m

  1. plural of Meteorit

meteorite

meteorite

See also: Meteorite and météorite

English

A cast of the Middlesbrough meteorite, which fell to earth on 14 March 1881 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

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meteorite (plural meteorites)

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

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Italian

Noun

meteorite m, f (plural meteoriti)

  1. meteorite

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