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meteoriticist

meteoriticist noun: a scientist involved in meteoritics.

Noun

meteoriticist (plural meteoriticists)

  1. (geochemistry) A scientist involved in meteoritics.
    • The following is a not-too-imaginary conversation between a meteoriticist and an important on-the-spot witness to a fireball that went soaring over his alfalfa patch.1967, Robert Shirley Richardson, Getting Acquainted with Comets, McGraw-Hill, page 133
    • In spite of this reservation, most meteoriticists now accept extinct aluminum-26 as the most likely source of heat for the meteorite parent bodies: it was abundant when the solar system formed, and it decayed fast enough to account for the intense but brief thermal histories of most meteorites.1986, Robert T. Dodd, Thunderstones and Shooting Stars: The Meaning of Meteorites, Harvard University Press, page 90

Forms of meteoriticist

pluralmeteoriticists

Origin of meteoriticist

From meteoritic + -ist.

Questions about meteoriticist

What does meteoriticist mean?
Meteoriticist means a scientist involved in meteoritics.
What part of speech is meteoriticist?
Meteoriticist is a noun.
What is the plural of meteoriticist?
The plural of meteoriticist is meteoriticists.

Words near meteoriticist in the dictionary

  1. meteorites
  2. meteoritic
  3. meteoritic iron
  4. meteoritical
  5. meteoritically
  6. meteoriticist
  7. meteoriticists
  8. meteoritics
  9. meteorization
  10. meteorizations
  11. meteorize

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