aerolite

American  

[air-uh-lahyt] / ˈɛər əˌlaɪt /

Also aerolith

noun

1. a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.

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aerolite British  

/ ˌɛərəˈlɪtɪk, ˈɛərəˌlaɪt /

noun

1. a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals

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Other Word Forms

• aerolitic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of aerolite

First recorded in 1805–15; aero- + -lite

Example Sentences

Buried a yard deep in the ground, it was the most massive aerolite ever turned up in that State.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week Harvey Harlow Nininger, Colorado meteorite expert, revealed discovery of a 700-lb. aerolite by a farmer near Hugoton, Kans.

From Time Magazine Archive

But already I had shot away on the steepest glide that I dared to attempt, my engine still full on, the flying propeller and the force of gravity shooting me downwards like an aerolite.

From Tales of Terror and Mystery by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

It fell like an aerolite, unasked for, unaccounted for, unexpected, almost unwelcome,—a stumbling-block to be got out of the well-trodden highway of New England scholastic intelligence.

From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Yes, certainly; and if I am not mistaken, it was in your country that the largest known aerolite was found, for it weighed no less than fifty hundred-weights.

From Adventures of a Young Naturalist by Gillmore, Parker