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- [mee-tee-uh-rahyt]
- /ˈmi ti əˌraɪt/
- /ˈmiː.ti.ər.aɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [mee-tee-uh-rahyt]
- /ˈmi ti əˌraɪt/
Definitions of meteorite word
- noun meteorite a mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space; a fallen meteoroid. 1
- noun meteorite a meteoroid. 1
- noun meteorite A meteor that survives its passage through the earth’s atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground . More than 90 percent of meteorites are of rock, while the remainder consist wholly or partly of iron and nickel. 1
- noun meteorite fallen meteor 1
- countable noun meteorite A meteorite is a large piece of rock or metal from space that has landed on Earth. 0
- noun meteorite a rocklike object consisting of the remains of a meteoroid that has fallen on earth. It may be stony (chondrite), iron, or stony iron (pallasite) 0
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Origin of meteorite
First appearance:
before 1815 One of the 39% newest English words
First recorded in 1815-25; meteor + -ite1
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Parts of speech for Meteorite
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
meteorite popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
meteorite usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for meteorite
noun meteorite
- falling star — an incandescent meteor; a shooting star.
- bolide — a large exceptionally bright meteor that often explodes
- comet — A comet is a bright object with a long tail that travels around the sun.
- fireball — Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- meteoroid — any of the small bodies, often remnants of comets, traveling through space: when such a body enters the earth's atmosphere it is heated to luminosity and becomes a meteor.
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