noun
Meaning 1
A meteorite consisting of rock containing chondrules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
chondrite
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/ˈkɒndɹaɪt/
noun
Meaning 2
a rock of meteoric origin containing chondrules
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rock, stone
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain”) + -ite. By surface analysis, chondr- + -ite.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: kondrita — meteorite
- Chinese Mandarin: 球粒狀隕石 /球粒状陨石 (qiúlìzhuàng yǔnshí) — meteorite
- Dutch: chondriet — meteorite
- Estonian: kondriit — meteorite
- Finnish: kivimeteoriitti — meteorite
- Finnish: kondriitti — meteorite
- French: chondrite — meteorite
- German: Chondrit — meteorite
- Italian: condrite — meteorite
- Polish: chondryt — meteorite
- Portuguese: condrito — meteorite
- Russian: хондри́т (xondrít) — meteorite
- Spanish: condrita — meteorite