micrometeorite
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Grimes added citizen scientists in Plymouth and surrounding areas "can help overcome a key challenge in urban micrometeorite research, accessing multiple sample sites and processing material to build a national archive".
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
"The micrometeorite collisions trigger chemical reactions on magnetite and lead to the formation of the iron nitride."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 1, 2023
It added that its equipment had registered "the event of a micrometeorite impact".
From Reuters ● Aug. 19, 2023
The telescope had barely set up shop when it was pelted by a larger-than-expected micrometeorite, which left a tiny crater in one of the telescope’s mirror segments.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
The capsule leak in December was blamed on a micrometeorite that punctured an external radiator, draining it of coolant.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Orbital debris and micrometeorites are hazards because they can puncture the space data center, and a worst-case collision could destroy it and create even more space debris.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
"If something has come from space, it will likely include metals that will attach to the magnet and the sieves will enable people to sift possible micrometeorites from other materials," Grimes added.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
It was not clear whether they were hit by micrometeorites or had manufacturing defects.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2023
Random meteoroids of this nature strike Earth constantly: scientists estimate between 10 million and 1 billion kilograms of meteorites hit Earth every year, most of them tiny micrometeorites.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2022
You know, of course, that we are constantly being bombarded by cosmic dust, the micrometeorites that always prove troublesome to the Earth satellites and space platforms.
From The Secret of the Ninth Planet by Wollheim, Donald Allen
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
