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chondrite
[ kon-drahyt ]
/ ˈkɒn draɪt /
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noun
a stony meteorite containing chondrules.
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OTHER WORDS FROM chondrite
chon·drit·ic [kon-drit-ik], /kɒnˈdrɪt ɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby chondrite
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How to use chondrite in a sentence
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.
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
chondrite
/ (ˈkɒndraɪt) /
noun
a stony meteorite consisting mainly of silicate minerals in the form of chondrulesCompare achondrite
Derived forms of chondrite
chondritic (kɒnˈdrɪtɪk), adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Scientific definitions for chondrite
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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