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单词 uranolith
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uranolithn.

Brit. /jᵿˈranəlɪθ/, U.S. /jʊˈrænəˌlɪθ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: urano- comb. form1, -lith comb. form.
Etymology: < urano- comb. form1 + -lith comb. form, after French uranolithe (J. F. B. de Saint Amans c1808: see Second recueil des travaux de la Soc. d'Agric., Sci., et Arts d'Agen (1812) 208). Compare earlier uranolite n.
Now rare.
A meteorite; = uranolite n.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > meteorite
stone1628
sky stone1750
thunderbolt1802
meteoric stone1809
meteorolite1812
ceraunite1814
meteor stone1818
meteorite1823
uranolith1823
1823 Public Characters of all Nations III. 308 M. de Saint Amans..was the first who gave to the bodies which fall from the atmosphere the name of Uranoliths, and he has published ‘Observations’ on those bodies.
1889 C. A. Young Text-bk. Gen. Astron. xviii. 430 The pieces which fall from it are called..uranoliths (heaven-stones), or simply meteoric stones.
1922 I. N. C. McFee Secrets Stars viii. 177 Occasionally a chip..lodges in the earth, whence it is rescued and termed variously as a meteorite, an aerolite, or an uranolith.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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