- Achondrite
- A coarsely crystallized stony meteorite containing fragments of various minerals that are large enough to be seen by the naked eye.
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Achondrite
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Achondrite — (aubrite), Cumberland Falls Une acho … Wikipédia en Français
achondrite — n. 1. a stony meteor lacking chondrules. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
achondrite — [ā kän′drīt΄] n. [ A 2 + CHONDRITE] the type of stony meteorite that contains no chondrules achondritic [ā kän′drit′ik] adj … English World dictionary
Achondrite — An achondrite is a stony meteorite that consists of material similar to terrestrial basalts or plutonic rocks. Compared to the chondrites, they have all been differentiated and reprocessed to a lesser or greater degree due to melting and… … Wikipedia
achondrite — noun Date: circa 1904 a stony meteorite without rounded grains • achondritic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
achondrite — achondritic /ay kon drit ik/, adj. /ay kon druyt/, n. a meteorite containing no chondrules. [1900 05; A 6 + CHONDRITE] * * * ▪ meteorite any stony meteorite containing no chondrules (small, roughly spherical objects that formed in the solar… … Universalium
achondrite — noun Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules … Wiktionary
achondrite — [ə kɒndrʌɪt] noun a stony meteorite containing no small mineral granules (chondrules) … English new terms dictionary
achondrite — achon·drite … English syllables
achondrite — a•chon•drite [[t]eɪˈkɒn draɪt[/t]] n. astron. a meteorite containing no chondrules • Etymology: 1900–05 a chon•drit′ic ˈdrɪt ɪk adj … From formal English to slang
