achondritic

achondritic
achon·drit·ic

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  • achondritic — adj. 1. of or pertaining to achondrite. [WordNet 1.5] 2. {chondritic} [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • achondritic — adjective Of or pertaining to achondrite, a type of stony meteorite GRA 06128 and 06129 (hereafter referred to as GRA 06128/9) are paired achondritic meteorites recovered from the same Antarctic icefield …   Wiktionary

  • achondritic — adjective see achondrite …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • achondritic — See achondrite. * * * …   Universalium

  • achondritic — adjective 1. of or related to an achondrite • Pertains to noun: ↑achondrite • Derivationally related forms: ↑achondrite 2. not having a granular structure • Ant: ↑chondritic * * * adjective see …   Useful english 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 Date: circa 1904 a stony meteorite without rounded grains • achondritic adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • shergottite — noun Etymology: Shergotty (Sherghati), town in India Date: circa 1911 any of a class of achondritic geologically young meteorites of feldspar and pyroxene …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Mars meteorite — A Mars meteorite is a meteorite that has landed on Earth and originated from Mars. This could have been the result of an impact of a celestial body on Mars, sending material from Mars into space. Of the many thousand meteorites that have been… …   Wikipedia

  • Dawn (spacecraft) — Dawn Artist s concept of Dawn with Vesta (left) Ceres (right) (the proximity of Vesta to Ceres is not to scale.) Operator NASA Major contractors Orbital Sciences, JPL, UCLA …   Wikipedia

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