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impactites

impactites is the plural of impactite.

Meaning of impactite

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

Questions about impactites

What is impactites the plural of?
Impactites is the plural of impactite.

Words near impactites in the dictionary

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

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