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chaolite

chaolite noun: an allotrope of carbon (an extended polyyne) believed to form in meteorite impacts.

Noun

chaolite (uncountable)

  1. An allotrope of carbon (an extended polyyne) believed to form in meteorite impacts.

Origin of chaolite

From chao- + -lite.

Questions about chaolite

What does chaolite mean?
Chaolite means an allotrope of carbon (an extended polyyne) believed to form in meteorite impacts.
What part of speech is chaolite?
Chaolite is a noun.

Words near chaolite in the dictionary

  1. chaogenous
  2. Chaohu
  3. chaoite
  4. Chaojhou
  5. Chaoking
  6. chaolite
  7. chaological
  8. chaologies
  9. chaologist
  10. chaologists
  11. chaology

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