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main belt

main belt proper noun: synonym of asteroid belt; the main asteroid belt in the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter.

main belt: synonym of asteroid belt; the main asteroid belt in the Solar System located roughly between the...
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Proper noun (1)

the main belt

  1. Synonym of asteroid belt; the main asteroid belt in the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter.
    • Dr. Witt suspected a highly eccentric orbit, enabling this asteroid to travel outside the main belt. He found that the majority of the asteroid's orbit was within that of Mars and named it Eros.2002, Edward C. Blair, Asteroids: Overview, Abstracts, and Bibliography, Nova Publishers, →ISBN, page 15
    • Such collisions may be the mechanism that sends fragments across the asteroid belt toward Earth and the terrestrial planets. If they survive passage through the main belt they may eventually establish elliptical orbits among the inner planets.2008, O. Richard Norton, Lawrence Chitwood, Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 28

Noun

main belt (plural main belts)

  1. The primary belt of armor protecting the sides of a warship above and slightly below the waterline.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Main Belt

the Main Belt

  1. Alternative letter-case form of main belt.

Synonyms of main belt

Forms of main belt

Proper noun
alternative formMain Belt
Noun
pluralmain belts

Questions about main belt

What does main belt mean?
Main belt means synonym of asteroid belt; the main asteroid belt in the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter.
What part of speech is main belt?
Main belt can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near main belt in the dictionary

  1. main
  2. Main Arm
  3. main asteroid belt
  4. main battle tank
  5. main battle tanks
  6. main belt
  7. main belts
  8. main bitch
  9. main bitches
  10. main brace
  11. Main Brook

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