CHONDRULE


Meaning of CHONDRULE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkän-(ˌ)drül ]

noun

Etymology: Greek chondros grain

Date: circa 1889

: a rounded granule of cosmic origin often found embedded in meteoric stones and sometimes free in marine sediments

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