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Meteorolite | n. [ Meteor + -lite : cf. F. météorolithe. ] A meteoric stone; an aerolite; a meteorite. [ 1913 Webster ] | Meteorite | n. [ Cf. F. météorite. ] (Min.) A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aerolite. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Meteorites usually show a pitted surface with a fused crust, caused by the heat developed in their rapid passage through the earth's atmosphere. A meteorite may consist: 1. Of metallic iron, alloyed with a small percentage of nickel (meteoric iron, holosiderite). When etched this usually exhibits peculiar crystalline figures, called Widmanstätten figures. 2. Of a cellular mass of iron with imbedded silicates (mesosiderite or siderolite). 3. Of a stony mass of silicates with little iron (meteoric stone, sporadosiderite). 4. Of a mass without iron (asiderite). [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | meteorite | (มี'ทีอะไรทฺ) n. ลูกอุกกาบาต, หินหรือแร่หรือโลหะที่ตกลงมาจากอวกาศภายนอกสู่โลก, ดาวตก, สะเก็ดดาว., See also: meteoritic adj. |
| | meteorite | อุกกาบาต, สสารจากอวกาศวิ่งเข้าสู่โลกด้วยความเร็วสูง เมื่อเสียดสีกับบรรยากาศของโลกจึงทำให้เกิดความร้อนและแสงสว่าง อุกกาบาตบางก้อนจะลุกไหม้หมดไปในบรรยากาศ แต่บางก้อนจะมีส่วนที่เหลือตกลงสู่พื้นโลก [พจนานุกรมศัพท์ สสวท.] |
| | อุกกาบาต | (n) meteorite, See also: meteor, Syn. ผีพุ่งไต้, ดาวตก, Example: ในวันหนึ่งๆ จะมีอุกกาบาตขนาดเล็กตกจากภายนอกโลกเข้ามายังโลกวันละหลายล้านลูก, Count Unit: ลูก, ก้อน |
| | | meteorite | (n) stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface |
| Meteorite | n. [ Cf. F. météorite. ] (Min.) A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aerolite. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Meteorites usually show a pitted surface with a fused crust, caused by the heat developed in their rapid passage through the earth's atmosphere. A meteorite may consist: 1. Of metallic iron, alloyed with a small percentage of nickel (meteoric iron, holosiderite). When etched this usually exhibits peculiar crystalline figures, called Widmanstätten figures. 2. Of a cellular mass of iron with imbedded silicates (mesosiderite or siderolite). 3. Of a stony mass of silicates with little iron (meteoric stone, sporadosiderite). 4. Of a mass without iron (asiderite). [ 1913 Webster ] |
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