Definition of Chondri

1. chondrus [n] - See also: chondrus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chondri

chomp at the bit
chomped
chomped at the bit
chomper
chompers
chomping
chomping at the bit
chomps
chon
chondral
chondralgia
chondralloplasia
chondre
chondrectomy
chondres
chondri (current term)
chondrichthian
chondrichthyan
chondrichthyans
chondrification
chondrification centre
chondrifications
chondrified
chondrifies
chondrify
chondrifying
chondrigen
chondrigenous
chondrin
chondrin ball

Literary usage of Chondri

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

1. Lithological Studies: A Description and Classification of the Rocks of the by Marshman Edward Wadsworth (1884)
"The chondri are composed of olivine and base, enstatite and base, and enstatite, ... The olivine chondri usually contain a darker base than the enstatite ..."

2. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1866)
"He employs the following: R. Sod» Carb., Liq. Potass» ââ 3¡j, Decoct. chondri Crisp ... chondri ..."

3. Catalogue of the Ward Coonley Collection of Meteorites by Henry Augustus Ward (1904)
"Friable mass with firm chondri of radiate structure, not breaking with matrix; black or metallic ... Friable mass of chondri. Allegan, Omans, Warrenton. 36. ..."

4. Meteorites: Their Structure, Composition, and Terrestrial Relations by Oliver Cummings Farrington (1915)
"Polyhedric segregations preponderating, round chondri scarce. Crust bright in parts. 13. ... Polyhedric segregations predominating, round chondri scarce. ..."

5. Fieldiana by Field Museum of Natural History, Field Columbian Museum, Chicago Natural History Museum (1916)
"Under the microscope all the striking characters of the spherical chondrites are presented by the meteorite. chondri of great variety of size and structure ..."

6. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1889)
"Hensoldt. of very perfect chondri, but the section also reveals ... Bronzite chondri, recognizable by their peculiar fan-like or fibrous structures, ..."

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