chondrule

American  

[kon-drool] / ˈkɒn drul /

noun

1. a small round mass of olivine or pyroxene found in stony meteorites.

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chondrule British  

/ ˈkɒndruːl /

noun

1. one of the small spherical masses of mainly silicate minerals present in chondrites

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chondrule Scientific  

/ kŏn′dro̅o̅l /

1. A small round granule of olivine or pyroxene occurring in many stony meteorites. Chondrules are thought to have formed from the condensation of hot gases in the solar system.

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Etymology

Origin of chondrule

First recorded in 1885–90; chondr- + -ule

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Example Sentences

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chondrule

In the other camp, which proposes chondrule formation was post-planetesimal, one of the more prominent models is called impact jetting.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 8, 2020

Most chondrule scientists fall into one of two camps.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 8, 2020

“The chondrule precursors, this dust, is heated by entering this compressed hot gas and is processed by it.”

From Scientific American ● Dec. 8, 2020

Today there are, the joke goes, as many theories about chondrule formation as there are chondrule scientists themselves—with the acerbic addendum that tomorrow there will inevitably be even more.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 8, 2020

Then he ground the remainder and purified a sample of meteor material until it was free of chondrule fragments.

From Time Magazine Archive

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