Definition of Micrometeoroids

1. Noun. (plural of micrometeoroid) ¹

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Definition of Micrometeoroids

1. micrometeoroid [n] - See also: micrometeoroid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Micrometeoroids

micromerozoite
micromesh
micromeshes
micrometastases
micrometastasis
micrometastatic
micrometastatic disease
micrometazoa
micrometazoan
micrometeor
micrometeoric
micrometeorite
micrometeorites
micrometeoritic
micrometeoroid
micrometeoroids (current term)
micrometeorological
micrometeorology
micrometer
micrometer caliper
micrometer gauge
micrometers
micromethod
micromethods
micrometre
micrometre disk
micrometres
micrometric
micrometrical
micrometry

Literary usage of Micrometeoroids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions by William D. Compton (1996)
"... vehicles- important junior partners to Saturn V—and put up earth-orbiting satellites to dispel worries about the hazard from micrometeoroids in space. ..."

2. Exploring the Moon and Mars: Choices for the Nation (1992)
"... 4.6 'Astronomer Thomas Gold had postulated that the Moon's constant bombardment by micrometeoroids might have created a thick lunar dust that would make ..."

3. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"Although many scientific books and journals refer to "micrometeoroids," NASA consistently used the term "meteoroid," with diminutive size inherently implied ..."

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