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chondrule

[kon-drool]
noun
  1. a small round mass of olivine or pyroxene found in stony meteorites.
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Origin of chondrule

First recorded in 1885–90; chondr- + -ule
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British Dictionary definitions for chondrule

chondrule

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

chondrule

[kŏn′drōōl]
  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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