Part 7009

<h1>Meteorite</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Me"te*or*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82t\'82orite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an a\'89rolite.</def>

<note>&hand; Meteorites usually show a pitted surface with a fused crust, caused by the heat developed in their rapid passage through the earth's atmosphere. A meteorite may consist: <bold>1</bold>. Of metallic iron, alloyed with a small percentage of nickel (<i>meteoric iron</i>, <i>holosiderite</i>). When etched this usually exhibits peculiar crystalline figures, called <i>Widmanst\'84tten figures</i>. <bold>2</bold>. Of a cellular mass of iron with imbedded silicates (<i>mesosiderite</i> or <i>siderolite</i>). <bold>3</bold>. Of a stony mass of silicates with little iron (<i>meteoric stone</i>, <i>sporadosiderite</i>). <bold>4</bold>. Of a mass without iron (<i>asiderite</i>).</note> <-- Comm: carbonaceous? Add mark for composition? -->

<h1>Meteorize</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Me"te*or*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to raise to a height.]</ety> <def>To ascend in vapors; to take the form of a meteor.</def>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Meteorograph</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Me`te*or"o*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meteor</ets> + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument which registers meteorologic phases or conditions.</def>

<h1>Meteorographic</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Me`te*or`o*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to meteorography.</def>

<h1>Meteorography</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Me`te*or*og"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meteor</ets> + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The registration of meteorological phenomena.</def>

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<h1>Meteoroid</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Me"te*or*oid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meteor</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor.</def>

<blockquote>These bodies [small, solid bodies] before they come into the air, I call <b>meteoroids</b>. <i>H. A. Newton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Meteoroidal</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Me`te*or*oid"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a meteoroid or to meteoroids.</def>

<h1>Meteorolite</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Me`te*or"o*lite</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Meteor</ets> + <ets>-lite</ets> : cf. F. <ets>m\'82t\'82orolithe</ets>.]</ety> <def>A meteoric stone; an a\'89rolite; a meteorite.</def>

<h1>Meteoroligic, Meteorological</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw><hw>Me`te*or`o*lig"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Me`te*or`o*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>m\'82t\'82orologique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the atmosphere and its phenomena, or to meteorology.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Meteorological table</col>, <col>Meteorological register</col></mcol>, <cd>a table or register exhibiting the state of the air and its temperature, weight, dryness, moisture, motion, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Meteorologist</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Me`te*or*ol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>m\'82t\'82orologiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A person skilled in meteorology.</def>

<h1>Meteorology</h1> <Xpage=919>

<hw>Me`te*or*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ + <?/ discourse: cf. F. <ets>m\'82t\'82orologie</ets>. See <er>Meteor</er>.]</ety> <def>The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc.</def>

<h1>Meteoromancy</h1> <Xpage=919>