Definition of meteorite

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Meteorite (n.) A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aerolite.

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Siderite :: Siderite (n.) A meteorite consisting solely of metallic iron.
Meteorite :: Meteorite (n.) A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aerolite.
Meteorolite :: Meteorolite (n.) A meteoric stone; an aerolite; a meteorite.
Holosiderite :: Holosiderite (n.) Meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.
Mesosiderite :: Mesosiderite (n.) See the Note under Meteorite.
Siderolite :: Siderolite (n.) A kind of meteorite. See under Meteorite.
Aerolite :: Aerolite (n.) A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone..
Widmanstatten Figures :: Widmanstatten figures () Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; -- so called after A. B. Widmanstatten, of Vienna, who first described them in 1808. See the Note and Illust. under Meteorite..
Swarmed :: Swarm (n.) Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites..
Uranolite :: Uranolite (n.) A meteorite or aerolite.
Oligosiderite :: Oligosiderite (n.) A meteorite characterized by the presence of but a small amount of metallic iron.
Chondritic :: Chondritic (a.) Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites..
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