chondrite
a stony meteorite containing chondrules.
Origin of chondrite
1Other words from chondrite
- chon·drit·ic [kon-drit-ik], /kɒnˈdrɪt ɪk/, adjective
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How to use chondrite in a sentence
Carbonaceous chondrites are known to contain water, though most samples have been contaminated by long contact with Earth’s atmosphere.
A Pristine Chunk of Space Rock Found Within Hours of Hitting Earth Can Tell Us About the Birth of the Solar System | Eleanor K. Sansom | November 20, 2022 | Singularity HubTo test whether or not the material that formed Earth could have delivered this deep water, cosmochemist Laurette Piani of the University of Lorraine in Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France, and colleagues analyzed meteorites known as enstatite chondrites.
Earth’s building blocks may have had far more water than previously thought | Christopher Crockett | August 27, 2020 | Science News
British Dictionary definitions for chondrite
/ (ˈkɒndraɪt) /
a stony meteorite consisting mainly of silicate minerals in the form of chondrules: Compare achondrite
Derived forms of chondrite
- chondritic (kɒnˈdrɪtɪk), adjective
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Scientific definitions for chondrite
[ kŏn′drīt′ ]
A stony meteorite that contains chondrules embedded in a fine matrix of the silicate minerals olivine and pyroxene. About 85 percent of all meteorites are chondrites.
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