Astrobleme Definition

ăstrə-blēm
noun
A scar on the earth's surface left from the impact of a meteorite.
American Heritage

(geology) A pit-like structure created by an impacting meteoroid, asteroid or comet.

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Other Word Forms of Astrobleme

Noun

Singular:
astrobleme
Plural:
astroblemes

Origin of Astrobleme

  • astro– Greek blēma missile, wound (from ballein to throw gwelə- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • 1963, from astro- +"Ž Ancient Greek βλῆμα (blema, “wound from a missile")

    From Wiktionary

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