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impactite

impactite noun: any rock created or modified by the impact of a meteorite.

Noun

impactite (countable and uncountable, plural impactites)

  1. Any rock created or modified by the impact of a meteorite.
    • Furthermore, the probability that the distribution of "lunar impactite" falls over the Earth's surface would exhibit the alinement along 3 great circles, which is characteristic of all known tektite deposits, is vanishingly small.1944, Popular Astronomy, volume 52, page 195
    • Impactite is the term used for all rocks produced or affected by a hypervelocity impact event.2012, G. R. Osinski, Impact Cratering: Processes and Products

Forms of impactite

pluralimpactites

Origin of impactite

From impact + -ite.

Questions about impactite

What does impactite mean?
Impactite means any rock created or modified by the impact of a meteorite.
What part of speech is impactite?
Impactite is a noun.
What is the plural of impactite?
The plural of impactite is impactites.

Words near impactite in the dictionary

  1. impactfully
  2. impactfulness
  3. impacting
  4. impaction
  5. impactions
  6. impactite
  7. impactites
  8. impactive
  9. impactless
  10. impactlessness
  11. impactment

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