Chondrule

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chondrule \Chon"drule\, n. [Dim. from Gr. ? a grain (of wheat or
     spelt), cartilage.] (Min.)
     A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite
     or chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the
     mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called
     chondrites.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chondrule
       n : small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric
           rocks