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strewnfield

strewnfield noun: an area on the surface of the earth, usually having an elongated oval shape, containing rocky fragments which detached from a disintegrating meteor as it streaked through the portion of earth's atmosphere above the area.

Noun

strewnfield (plural strewnfields)

  1. An area on the surface of the earth, usually having an elongated oval shape, containing rocky fragments which detached from a disintegrating meteor as it streaked through the portion of earth's atmosphere above the area.
    • [W]e report the detailed circumstances of the fall and the recovery of all documented Tagish Lake fragments from a strewnfield at least 16 km long and 3 to 4 km wide.2006, A. R. Hildebrand et al., "The fall and recovery of the Tagish Lake meteorite," Meteorics & Planetary Science, vol. 41, no.3, p. 407 (abstract)

Forms of strewnfield

pluralstrewnfields
alternative formstrewn field

Questions about strewnfield

What does strewnfield mean?
Strewnfield means an area on the surface of the earth, usually having an elongated oval shape, containing rocky fragments which detached from a disintegrating meteor as it streaked through the portion of earth's atmosphere above the area.
What part of speech is strewnfield?
Strewnfield is a noun.
What is the plural of strewnfield?
The plural of strewnfield is strewnfields.

Words near strewnfield in the dictionary

  1. strewment
  2. strewments
  3. strewn
  4. strewn field
  5. strewn fields
  6. strewnfield
  7. strewnfields
  8. strews
  9. strewth
  10. Strey
  11. Streymoy

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