chondrite

[ kon-drahyt ]

/ ˈkɒn draɪt /

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noun

a stony meteorite containing chondrules.

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Origin of chondrite

First recorded in 1880–85; chondr- + -ite¹

OTHER WORDS FROM chondrite

chon·drit·ic

[kon-drit-ik], /kɒnˈdrɪt ɪk/, adjective

Words nearby chondrite

chondrichthyan, chondrify, chondrin, chondrio-, chondriosome, chondrite, chondro-, chondrocranium, chondroid, chondroitin sulfate, chondroma

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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 Hub
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), adjective

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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.