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Meteorite vs Meteoritic - What's the difference?

meteorite | meteoritic |

As a noun meteorite

is a metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteor.

As an adjective meteoritic is

(astronomy) of or pertaining to meteorites.

meteorite

English

(wikipedia meteorite)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A metallic or stony object or body that is the remains of a meteor

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * meteoritic * meteoritics * meteoriticist * micrometeorite * Gibeon meteorite * stony meteorite

    Related terms

    * achondrite * aerolite * chondrite * meteor * meteoroid * meteorology * siderite * siderolite

    See also

    * achondrite * aerolite * angrite * asteroid * aubrite * chassignite * chondrite * fireball * nakhlite * shergottite * ureilite

    External links

    * (wikipedia "meteorite") ----

    meteoritic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (astronomy) Of or pertaining to meteorites

    • Related terms

    * meteor * meteorite * meteoritics * meteoroid * meteoroidal * meteorology * meteoric