TEKTITE


Meaning of TEKTITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtek-ˌtīt ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek tēktos molten, from tēkein to melt — more at thaw

Date: 1909

: a glassy body of probably meteoritic origin and of rounded but indefinite shape

• tek·tit·ic tek-ˈti-tik adjective

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