meteoritic
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- adjective
- /ˌmiːtəˈrɪtɪk/
- Specialized
- By analyzing the meteoritic fragments, researchers were able to determine the age of the solar system.
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Examples
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And we know that people used meteoritic iron well before they started using iron, which they made themselves.
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Meanwhile, some 240,000 miles from the room where I write this, a spidery metallic shape lightly sprinkled with meteoritic dust sits alone in the lunar night on the airless sweep of Mare Tranquillitatis.
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Meteoritic material from this event is still being recovered.
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Scientists from Germany and Austria determined the meteoritic origin of the statue through chemical analysis.
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Some meteoritic organics are also enriched in a heavy isotope of nitrogen.
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Bowen conceded that he did not know what mechanism would increase the rainfall, except for the possibility that the meteoritic dust accompanying meteors provides rain-forming nuclei when it falls into cloud systems in the lower atmosphere.
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The scientists discovered meteoritic iron that had fallen to Earth millions of years ago.
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Recent studies revealed that the meteoritic material significantly contributed to the formation of the planet.
Synonyms
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About small rocks from space that burn when they enter the atmosphere
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Relating to meteorites, rocks that fall to Earth from space
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Meteoritic comes from the word meteor, from the Greek meteōros meaning 'high in the air'. So meteoritic describes something that comes from or is caused by meteorites, the rocks that fall from the sky.