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Meteorite remains
Answer for the clue "Meteorite remains ", 7 letters:
tektite
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Word definitions for tektite in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. thought to derive from meteorites
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tektites (from Greek τηκτός tēktós , "molten") are gravel -size bodies composed of black, green, brown or gray natural glass formed from terrestrial debris ejected during extraterrestrial, meteorite impacts . They generally range in size from millimeters ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling of meteorite fragments that hit the Earth.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
small roundish glass bodies, probably of meteoric origin, 1909, from German tektit (Suess, 1900), from Greek tektos "molten," from tekein "to melt."
Usage examples of tektite.
With his tektite object he is able to sit in time and then whirl faster and faster until this very motion becomes a sort of nth dimension, as the mathematicians say.
With his tektite object he is able to sit in time and then whirl faster and faster until this very motion becomes a sort of nth dimension, as the mathematicians say.
Below lay rows of tektites, mostly black misshapen things, but some with a beautiful deep green or violet coloring.
Both K/Ar and fissiontrack testing of the Moldavite tektites (usually considered of identical age with the Ries) yield—alas!