A meteorite; now esp. one containing a high proportion of silicates or other non-metals.
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| 释义 | the world > the universe > constellation > comet or meteor > meteor > [noun] > meteorite (41) stone1628 A meteorite; now esp. one containing a high proportion of silicates or other non-metals. sky stone1750 a meteorite; cf. stone, n. 1c. meteoric stone1809 a meteorite; esp. a stony meteorite. meteorolite1812 = meteorite, n. ceraunite1814 ‘Thunderstone’: applied by some early mineralogists to a meteorite or to meteoric iron; by others to belemnites, and to flint arrow-heads of… meteor stone1818 a meteorite; also figurative. meteorite1823 A fallen meteor; a mass or fragment of rock or metal that has reached the surface of the earth (or of another planet or planetary satellite) from… star-glint1825 †(a) Scottish and Nautical a shooting star; a meteorite (obsolete rare); (b) chiefly poetic (a gleam of) starlight. Subcategories:— aerolite (6) — siderolite (4) — aerosiderite (4) — chondrite (2) — achondrite (5) — micro (1) — tektite (11) |
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