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me⋅te⋅or⋅ite

  [mee-tee-uh-rahyt]
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–noun
1. a mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space; a fallen meteoroid.
2. a meteoroid.
Origin:
1815–25; meteor + -ite 1

Related forms:
me⋅te⋅or⋅it⋅ic  [mee-tee-uh-rit-ik] , me⋅te⋅or⋅it⋅i⋅cal, me⋅te⋅or⋅it⋅al  [mee-tee-uh-rahyt-l] , adjective
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me·te·or·ite   (mē'tē-ə-rīt')   
n.  A stony or metallic mass of matter that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space.
me'te·or·it'ic (-ə-rĭt'ĭk), me'te·or·it'i·cal adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

meteorite 
"rock that falls to earth, after streaking across the sky as a meteor," formed in Eng. 1824.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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