meteoritics

American  

[mee-tee-uh-rit-iks] / ˌmi ti əˈrɪt ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. the science that deals with meteors.

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meteoritics British  

/ ˌmiːtɪəˈrɪtɪks /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) the branch of science concerned with meteors and meteorites

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Other Word Forms

• meteoriticist
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of meteoritics

First recorded in 1930–35; meteorite + -ics

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Example Sentences

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meteoritics

Using concepts from modern meteoritics, Burbery suggests that Dante portrayed Satan as a massive high-speed impactor striking the Southern Hemisphere and driving straight toward Earth's core.

From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026

“The best way to make friends and enemies in meteoritics is to publish another chondrule-forming model,” says Connolly.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 8, 2020

The history of meteoritics, the study of meteorites, begins with a bang in Yorkshire, England, in 1795.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 27, 2015

He published important contributions on astronomy, meteoritics, atmospheric science, climatology, palaeoclimatology, geology, geophysics, geodesy and glaciology.

From Nature ● Oct. 6, 2015

He went to about 100 more lectures, began to bone up on geology, anthropology, mineralogy, meteoritics, zoology, paleontology.

From Time Magazine Archive

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