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tektite definition

☆ tek·tite (tek′tīt′)

noun

any of certain small, yellowish-green to black glassy bodies of various shapes, found in isolated locations around the world and thought to have originated as meteorites or from meteorite impacts
also tectite tec′·tite

Etymology: < Gr tēktos, molten (< tēkein, to melt < IE base *tā- > thaw) + -ite

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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