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adj
Of or pertaining to meteorites, meteors, or meteoroids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
of or relating to or caused by meteorites
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: meteoritical
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English meteor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English meteorite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English meteoritic From meteorite + -ic.
Across languages
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