Definition of meteorite in English:

meteorite

noun ˈmiːtɪərʌɪtˈmidiəˌraɪt

A piece of rock or metal that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space as a meteor. Over 90 per cent of meteorites are of rock while the remainder consist wholly or partly of iron and nickel.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is possible that something may have been at the end of this, a piece of rock, a meteorite.
- A good case has already been made for bacteria microfossils in a Martian meteorite.
- On display are minerals, fossils, meteorites, and some rocks, most of which are of reference quality.
- The age of the carbonates can be clearly determined, and some very old ones had been found on certain asteroids and meteorites.
- Grouped with iron meteorites, these are pieces from the cores of fledgling planets destroyed by collisions when the Solar System formed.
- It is brought to us by such solar system visitors as meteorites, which burn up or fragment and drift as fine particles through the atmosphere.
- Small impactors deliver meteorites, while large ones infrequently wreak global devastation.
- When meteorites hit nearby worlds, they kick up bits of rock, some of which might have enough speed to escape from their planet entirely.
- The Martian meteorite crashes through the Earth's atmosphere - a blazing fireball.
- One possible source of such untainted data are Earth's lunar meteorites.
- It has been identified in carbonaceous achondrite and iron meteorites.
- A safe containing moon rocks and meteorites was stolen from the Johnson Space Center in Houston on July 15.
- They are very similar in composition to the carbonaceous chondrite meteorites that sometimes fall on Earth.
- Meteorites contain platinum and meteorites have been landing on earth for billions of years already.
- As the newly launched Sputnik satellite orbits earth, a strange meteorite approaches the planet.
- The most recent major extinction occurred 65 million years ago when a meteorite crashed into Earth, leading to the demise of the dinosaurs.
- Other Moon rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts have helped in understanding the lunar meteorites found on Earth.
- About 1.8 billion years ago, a meteorite or comet the size of Mount Everest slammed into what is now Canada.
- That is how fragments of the asteroid belt can end up crashing into Earth as meteorites.
- Other sources of high iridium concentrations are extraterrestrial objects, such as meteorites or comets.

Derivatives

meteoritic

adjective miːtɪəˈrɪtɪkˌmidiəˈrɪdɪk

A monster meteorite that strikes the Earth can shoot fragments of itself, along with terrestrial matter loosened by the impact, far out into space, adding to the swarm of meteoritic grit that already orbits the Sun.
Example sentencesExamples
- Lunar and meteoritic rocks are older than terrestrial material, but they may have formed very recently indeed during the history of the Universe so are not useful in the cosmological setting
- In this region they would have been safe from late meteoritic and cometary impacts after the accretion of the Earth.
- By examining the volatile content of meteoritic contaminants in the lunar regolith and of volatiles cold-trapped at the lunar poles, we can determine their chemical and isotopic composition and possible source regions.
- It will be the first spacecraft to orbit a comet's nucleus, allowing its instruments to follow the development of the active areas that eject the meteoritic dust into space.

Definition of meteorite in US English:

meteorite

nounˈmēdēəˌrītˈmidiəˌraɪt

A meteor that survives its passage through the earth's atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground. More than 90 percent of meteorites are of rock, while the remainder consist wholly or partly of iron and nickel.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is possible that something may have been at the end of this, a piece of rock, a meteorite.
- Other sources of high iridium concentrations are extraterrestrial objects, such as meteorites or comets.
- Grouped with iron meteorites, these are pieces from the cores of fledgling planets destroyed by collisions when the Solar System formed.
- They are very similar in composition to the carbonaceous chondrite meteorites that sometimes fall on Earth.
- That is how fragments of the asteroid belt can end up crashing into Earth as meteorites.
- One possible source of such untainted data are Earth's lunar meteorites.
- As the newly launched Sputnik satellite orbits earth, a strange meteorite approaches the planet.
- When meteorites hit nearby worlds, they kick up bits of rock, some of which might have enough speed to escape from their planet entirely.
- The age of the carbonates can be clearly determined, and some very old ones had been found on certain asteroids and meteorites.
- Meteorites contain platinum and meteorites have been landing on earth for billions of years already.
- About 1.8 billion years ago, a meteorite or comet the size of Mount Everest slammed into what is now Canada.
- Other Moon rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts have helped in understanding the lunar meteorites found on Earth.
- It has been identified in carbonaceous achondrite and iron meteorites.
- On display are minerals, fossils, meteorites, and some rocks, most of which are of reference quality.
- It is brought to us by such solar system visitors as meteorites, which burn up or fragment and drift as fine particles through the atmosphere.
- A good case has already been made for bacteria microfossils in a Martian meteorite.
- The most recent major extinction occurred 65 million years ago when a meteorite crashed into Earth, leading to the demise of the dinosaurs.
- The Martian meteorite crashes through the Earth's atmosphere - a blazing fireball.
- A safe containing moon rocks and meteorites was stolen from the Johnson Space Center in Houston on July 15.
- Small impactors deliver meteorites, while large ones infrequently wreak global devastation.

单词	meteorite
释义	Definition of meteorite in English: meteorite noun ˈmiːtɪərʌɪtˈmidiəˌraɪt A piece of rock or metal that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space as a meteor. Over 90 per cent of meteorites are of rock while the remainder consist wholly or partly of iron and nickel. Example sentencesExamples It is possible that something may have been at the end of this, a piece of rock, a meteorite. A good case has already been made for bacteria microfossils in a Martian meteorite. On display are minerals, fossils, meteorites, and some rocks, most of which are of reference quality. The age of the carbonates can be clearly determined, and some very old ones had been found on certain asteroids and meteorites. Grouped with iron meteorites, these are pieces from the cores of fledgling planets destroyed by collisions when the Solar System formed. It is brought to us by such solar system visitors as meteorites, which burn up or fragment and drift as fine particles through the atmosphere. Small impactors deliver meteorites, while large ones infrequently wreak global devastation. When meteorites hit nearby worlds, they kick up bits of rock, some of which might have enough speed to escape from their planet entirely. The Martian meteorite crashes through the Earth's atmosphere - a blazing fireball. One possible source of such untainted data are Earth's lunar meteorites. It has been identified in carbonaceous achondrite and iron meteorites. A safe containing moon rocks and meteorites was stolen from the Johnson Space Center in Houston on July 15. They are very similar in composition to the carbonaceous chondrite meteorites that sometimes fall on Earth. Meteorites contain platinum and meteorites have been landing on earth for billions of years already. As the newly launched Sputnik satellite orbits earth, a strange meteorite approaches the planet. The most recent major extinction occurred 65 million years ago when a meteorite crashed into Earth, leading to the demise of the dinosaurs. Other Moon rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts have helped in understanding the lunar meteorites found on Earth. About 1.8 billion years ago, a meteorite or comet the size of Mount Everest slammed into what is now Canada. That is how fragments of the asteroid belt can end up crashing into Earth as meteorites. Other sources of high iridium concentrations are extraterrestrial objects, such as meteorites or comets. Derivatives meteoritic adjective miːtɪəˈrɪtɪkˌmidiəˈrɪdɪk A monster meteorite that strikes the Earth can shoot fragments of itself, along with terrestrial matter loosened by the impact, far out into space, adding to the swarm of meteoritic grit that already orbits the Sun. Example sentencesExamples Lunar and meteoritic rocks are older than terrestrial material, but they may have formed very recently indeed during the history of the Universe so are not useful in the cosmological setting In this region they would have been safe from late meteoritic and cometary impacts after the accretion of the Earth. By examining the volatile content of meteoritic contaminants in the lunar regolith and of volatiles cold-trapped at the lunar poles, we can determine their chemical and isotopic composition and possible source regions. It will be the first spacecraft to orbit a comet's nucleus, allowing its instruments to follow the development of the active areas that eject the meteoritic dust into space. Definition of meteorite in US English: meteorite nounˈmēdēəˌrītˈmidiəˌraɪt A meteor that survives its passage through the earth's atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground. More than 90 percent of meteorites are of rock, while the remainder consist wholly or partly of iron and nickel. Example sentencesExamples It is possible that something may have been at the end of this, a piece of rock, a meteorite. Other sources of high iridium concentrations are extraterrestrial objects, such as meteorites or comets. Grouped with iron meteorites, these are pieces from the cores of fledgling planets destroyed by collisions when the Solar System formed. They are very similar in composition to the carbonaceous chondrite meteorites that sometimes fall on Earth. That is how fragments of the asteroid belt can end up crashing into Earth as meteorites. One possible source of such untainted data are Earth's lunar meteorites. As the newly launched Sputnik satellite orbits earth, a strange meteorite approaches the planet. When meteorites hit nearby worlds, they kick up bits of rock, some of which might have enough speed to escape from their planet entirely. The age of the carbonates can be clearly determined, and some very old ones had been found on certain asteroids and meteorites. Meteorites contain platinum and meteorites have been landing on earth for billions of years already. About 1.8 billion years ago, a meteorite or comet the size of Mount Everest slammed into what is now Canada. Other Moon rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts have helped in understanding the lunar meteorites found on Earth. It has been identified in carbonaceous achondrite and iron meteorites. On display are minerals, fossils, meteorites, and some rocks, most of which are of reference quality. It is brought to us by such solar system visitors as meteorites, which burn up or fragment and drift as fine particles through the atmosphere. A good case has already been made for bacteria microfossils in a Martian meteorite. The most recent major extinction occurred 65 million years ago when a meteorite crashed into Earth, leading to the demise of the dinosaurs. The Martian meteorite crashes through the Earth's atmosphere - a blazing fireball. A safe containing moon rocks and meteorites was stolen from the Johnson Space Center in Houston on July 15. Small impactors deliver meteorites, while large ones infrequently wreak global devastation.
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