meteoritics

[ mee-tee-uh-rit-iks ]

/ ˌmi ti əˈrɪt ɪks /

noun (used with a singular verb) Astronomy.

the science that deals with meteors.

Words nearby meteoritics

meteoric water, meteorism, meteorite, meteorite crater, meteorites, meteoritics, meteorogram, meteorograph, meteoroid, meteorol., meteorological

Origin of meteoritics

First recorded in 1930–35; meteorite + -ics

OTHER WORDS FROM meteoritics

me·te·or·it·i·cist

[mee-tee-uh-rit-uh-sist] /ˌmi ti əˈrɪt ə sɪst/, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for meteoritics

meteoritics

/ (ˌmiːtɪəˈrɪtɪks) /

noun

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

Derived forms of meteoritics

meteoriticist, noun

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