Synonyms for meteorite
ˈmi ti əˌraɪtme·te·orite

Princeton's WordNet

1. meteoritenoun

   stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface

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1. • Meteoroid

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1. List of paraphrases for "meteorite":

   meteor, fragment

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1. Scott Sandford:

   This sort of spectral matching is a way to identify an unknown, good spectral matches suggest possible identifications, while bad matches eliminate them. Most of the spectra are dominated by minerals that are consistent with the identification of this meteorite as a carbonaceous chondrite.

2. Jennika Greer:

   When the meteorite arrived at the Field, I spent the entire weekend analyzing it, because I was so excited to find out what kind of meteorite it was and what was in it, with every meteorite that falls, there's a chance that there's something completely new and totally unexpected.

3. Philipp Heck:

   But we also keep looking out for new meteorite falls, every meteorite that falls to Earth is worth studying, as it may provide a unique perspective onto the solar system and may shed new light on its history and our origins.

4. Philipp Heck:

   This meteorite is special because it fell onto a frozen lake and was recovered quickly. It was very pristine. We could see the minerals weren't much altered and later found that it contained a rich inventory of extraterrestrial organic compounds, these kinds of organic compounds were likely delivered to the early Earth by meteorites and might have contributed to the ingredients of life.

5. Bonnie MacLachlan:

   The Greeks, and Babylonians before them, saw the upper sky as the home of the gods when meteors fell to Earth, instead of reasoning that there might be rocks up there, they felt that divinity must reside in the fallen meteorite and worshipped it.