“aerolite”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

aerolite

释义

aerolite|ˈɛərəʊlaɪt|
[An alteration of aerolith, assimilating the ending to those of minerals in -ite.]
A stone or portion of matter which has fallen to the earth from, or rather through, the atmosphere; a meteoric stone, or meteorite. In recent usage, the name aerolite has been confined to those meteorites which consist of stone or other substance than meteoric iron: see aerosiderite.
1815Encycl. Brit. Supp. I. 65 Aerolite, a term recently but perhaps improperly applied to those singular substances called meteoric stones.1870Tyndall Heat i. §12. 11 The velocity of the aërolites varies from 18 to 36 miles a second.1881Brooks Candle of the Lord 133 God does not fling His hero like an aërolite out of the sky. He bids him grow like an oak out of the earth.

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