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Definition of Chondritic
1. Adjective. Having a granular structure like that of chondrites.
Definition of Chondritic
1. a. Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.
Definition of Chondritic
1. Adjective. (geology) Of or pertaining to a chondrite. ¹
2. Adjective. (planetology of an elemental ratio) Similar to that found in chondrites. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chondritic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chondritic
Literary usage of Chondritic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"The writer wishes to thank Mr. RF Martin for calling his attention to these newly
exposed surfaces. 3. On the Origin of chondritic Meteorites. ..."
2. Lithological Studies: A Description and Classification of the Rocks of the by Marshman Edward Wadsworth (1884)
"... I should expect to find in them the chondritic structure, the same as the
Esther- vine meteorite possesses the structure of an unaltered terrestrial ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"In mineral composition chondritic meteorites approximate more or less to ...
A few meteorites belonging to the chondritic division are remarkable as ..."
4. Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System by National Research Council (U.S.) (2007)
"GD Cody, CMO'D. Alexander, and F. Tera, "Compositional Trends in chondritic
Organic Solids Within and Between Meteoritic Groups," Lunar and Planetary ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"The chondritic meteorites have, however, a quite varied structure, in some few
cases passing into a breccia ; they have been divided into numerous subgroups ..."
6. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1889)
"chondritic structure, as already shown is peculiar to meteorites. We have nothing
analogous in terrestrial rocks except in the oolitic limestones, ..."
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