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micrometeoroid

micrometeoroid noun: an extraterrestrial particle less than a millimeter in size.

Noun

micrometeoroid (plural micrometeoroids)

  1. an extraterrestrial particle less than a millimeter in size

Forms of micrometeoroid

pluralmicrometeoroids

Origin of micrometeoroid

From micro- + meteoroid.

Questions about micrometeoroid

What does micrometeoroid mean?
Micrometeoroid means an extraterrestrial particle less than a millimeter in size.
What part of speech is micrometeoroid?
Micrometeoroid is a noun.
What is the plural of micrometeoroid?
The plural of micrometeoroid is micrometeoroids.

Words near micrometeoroid in the dictionary

  1. micrometazoans
  2. micrometeor
  3. micrometeorite
  4. micrometeorites
  5. micrometeoritic
  6. micrometeoroid
  7. micrometeoroids
  8. micrometeorological
  9. micrometeorologically
  10. micrometeorologist
  11. micrometeorologists

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