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Definition of Aerolite
1. Noun. A stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals.
Definition of Aerolite
1. Noun. A meteorite consisting of silicate minerals ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aerolite
1. a meteorite containing more stone than iron [n -S]
Medical Definition of Aerolite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Aerolite
Literary usage of Aerolite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Public Conscience: Social Judgments in Statute and Common Law by George Clarke Cox (1922)
"An aerolite fell upon land owned by the plaintiff (Goddard) on May 2, 1890. ...
Goddard claimed it and the " district court found that the aerolite became a ..."
2. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1822)
"Analysis nf the aerolite which fell at Juvinas. M. Laugier states that he has
performed four analyses of this stone, the first by means of acid, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1867)
"Notes of a Fireball (or supposed aerolite) recently observed near Auchterarder,
Perthshire. By JOHN ALEXANDER SMITH, MD In the beginning of the month of ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1870)
"What made the fall of this aerolite specially interesting is the fact that it
was possible to determine the radiant-point of the shower of meteors to which ..."
5. Proceedings of the Liverpool Geological Society by Liverpool Geological Society (1885)
"By GH MORTON, FGS The Author described the fall of this aerolite, ... On the Fall
of an aerolite near Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, March 14th, 1881, ..."
6. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1810)
"Meteoric stone J|_ HIS aerolite in its external appearance resembles other
productions of the kind. It is covered externally with a brown, ..."
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