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satellitesimal

satellitesimal noun: a very small (natural) satellite.

Noun

satellitesimal (plural satellitesimals)

  1. A very small (natural) satellite.
    • The restudy of cosmological processes led to a new view as to the relations of the erratic elements of the solar system, the meteors, meteorites, and comets, to the normal elements, the planets, planetoids, planetesimals, satellites, and satellitesimals, to the effect that they were all formed by...1921, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, editor, The Journal of Geology, University of Chicago Press, →OCLC, page 408

Forms of satellitesimal

pluralsatellitesimals

Origin of satellitesimal

Blend of satellite + planetesimal.

Questions about satellitesimal

What does satellitesimal mean?
Satellitesimal means a very small (natural) satellite.
What part of speech is satellitesimal?
Satellitesimal is a noun.
What is the plural of satellitesimal?
The plural of satellitesimal is satellitesimals.

Words near satellitesimal in the dictionary

  1. satellite veins
  2. satellite-framed
  3. satellite-framing
  4. satellited
  5. satellites
  6. satellitesimal
  7. satellitesimals
  8. satellitia
  9. satellitic
  10. satelliting
  11. satellitious

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