Meteorite
['miːtɪəraɪt] or ['mitɪəraɪt]
Definition
(noun.) stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface.
Checked by Eugene--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aerolite.
Editor: Mamie
Examples
- This meteorite was regarded as a god, and all the little tribal gods of Arabia were under his protection. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was a small square temple of black stones, which had for its corner-stone a meteorite. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was falling through a gulf of infinite darkness, like a meteorite plunging across the chasm between the worlds. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But this vindication was in part anticipated, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, by the analysis of meteorites. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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