tektite
tektite · tektites
тектит
Tektit
A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling…A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling of molten ejecta from meteorite impacts.
Значение
значений: 1A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling of molten ejecta from meteorite impacts.
Tektit
текти́тtektít
Ещё определения
- thought to derive from meteorites
Переводы
языков: 4Русский
По значениям 1
a glassy object formed from a meteor hitting the earth:
Deutsch
По значениям 1
a glassy object formed from a meteor hitting the earth:
Происхождение
From Ancient Greek τηκτός (tēktós, “molten”), from τήκειν (tḗkein, “to melt”).From Ancient Greek τηκτός (tēktós, “molten”), from τήκειν (tḗkein, “to melt”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source