meteoritic
Definition
- Adjective:
- Of or relating to meteorites: Pertaining to or connected with meteorites, which are solid pieces of debris from objects like asteroids or comets that survive their passage through the atmosphere and land on a planet's surface.
- Caused by meteorites: Resulting from the impact or presence of a meteorite.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The crater's meteoritic origin was confirmed by the discovery of shocked quartz.
- Scientists analyzed the meteoritic dust collected from the ice cores.
- The museum has a large collection of meteoritic samples from around the world.
Advanced Usage
- "Meteoritic bombardment": Refers to a period or event involving many meteorite impacts.
- Evidence suggests the early Earth experienced intense meteoritic bombardment.
- "Meteoritic ablation": The process where material is removed from a meteoroid as it passes through the atmosphere.
- The study focused on the meteoritic ablation features found on the recovered fragment.
Variants and Related Words
- Meteorite (n): A solid piece of extraterrestrial matter that has fallen to Earth.
- The meteorite was displayed under protective glass.
- Meteoritics (n): The scientific study of meteorites.
- He specialized in meteoritics at the university.
- Meteoritical (adj): A less common variant with the same meaning as "meteoritic".
- The meteoritical evidence was crucial to the hypothesis.
Synonyms
- Extraterrestrial: Originating from outside the Earth.
- Impact-related: Connected to the collision of an object.
Related Phrases
- Meteoritic iron: A type of iron-nickel alloy found in some meteorites.
- Ancient tools were sometimes made from meteoritic iron.
- Meteoritic water: Water whose isotopic composition suggests an origin from comets or meteorites.
- Some theories propose that Earth's oceans were filled by meteoritic water.
Adjective
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of or relating to or caused by meteorites
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