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chondrite
[ kon-drahyt ]
noun
- a stony meteorite containing chondrules.
chondrite
/ kɒnˈdrɪtɪk; ˈkɒndraɪt /
noun
- a stony meteorite consisting mainly of silicate minerals in the form of chondrules Compare achondrite
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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Derived Forms
- chondritic, adjective
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Other Words From
- chon·drit·ic [kon-, drit, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chondrite1
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Example Sentences
Carbonaceous chondrites are known to contain water, though most samples have been contaminated by long contact with Earth’s atmosphere.
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To 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.
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