单词 | aerolite |
释义 | aeroliten. Originally: any meteorite; cf. aerolith n. Later spec.: a stony meteorite; the mineral of which this is composed; cf. aerosiderite n. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > meteor > [noun] > meteorite > aerolite air-stone1608 aerolite1810 aerolith1811 uranolite1815 brontolith1860 oligosiderite1883 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > meteorite > other meteorites air-stone1608 iron1802 aerolite1810 aerolith1811 uranolite1815 star-glint1825 brontolith1860 aerosiderite1863 aerosiderolite1863 pallasite1863 siderolite1863 siderite1866 mesosiderite1868 howardite1881 chondrite1883 oligosiderite1883 plessite1885 diogenite1895 achondrite1904 octahedrite1905 nakhlite1916 ureilite1916 stony-iron1918 micrometeorite1949 1810 Philos. Mag. 36 32 This aerolite presents, in general, the same characters as those hitherto examined. 1815 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. I. 65 Aerolite, a term recently but perhaps improperly applied to those singular substances called meteoric stones. 1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 196 Professor Maskelyne has recently made a convenient classification of meteorites into ‘Aerolites or Meteoric Stones,’ ‘Aerosiderites or Meteoric Iron,’ and ‘Aerosiderolites,’ which includes the intervening varieties. 1881 P. Brooks Candle of Lord 133 God does not fling His hero like an aërolite out of the sky. He bids him grow like an oak out of the earth. 1929 G. P. Merrill Minerals from Earth & Sky i. v. 77 Beyond this again would be still other zones, of gradually decreasing densities, composed of the highly oxidized and less ferriferous silicates, comparable with the stony meteorites or aerolites. 1955 R. M. Pearl How to know Minerals & Rocks 174 Aerolites, or so-called stony meteorites, resemble many ordinary heavy rocks; consisting mainly of olivine and pyroxene, they always reveal at least traces of metal. 1998 Jrnl. Physics: Condensed Matter 10 7924 The hexagonal phase is a metastable phase of diamond. Natural hexagonal diamond has been found in aerolite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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