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- DictionaryMe·te·or·ic/ˌmēdēˈôrik/
adjective
- 1. relating to meteors or meteorites: "meteoric iron"
- 2. relating to or denoting water derived from the atmosphere by precipitation or condensation: "leaching is thought to have been caused by meteoric water during uplift and exposure"
May 27, 2024 · of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions. synonyms: meteoric, meteorological.
16 hours ago · Oxygen isotopic evidence from Jack Hill zircon crystals suggests that meteoric (fresh) water interacted with crustal magma systems four billion years ago, meaning that the hydrological cycle began ...
May 24, 2024 · That might sound like a lot, but about that same amount of meteoric material slams into our atmosphere every day. So supernovas aren’t appreciably adding to Earth’s weight, nor are they a big ...
May 27, 2024 · Variations in the oxygen and hydrogen isotope composition of meteoric waters are reconstructed using hydrothermally altered granitoids. These variations show major rearrangements in the Antarctic ...
May 6, 2024 · A meteor is a space rock—or meteoroid—that enters Earth's atmosphere. As the space rock falls toward Earth, the resistance—or drag—of the air on the rock makes it extremely hot. What we see is a "shooting star." That bright streak is not actually the rock, but rather the glowing hot air as the hot rock zips through the atmosphere.
May 10, 2024 · temperature, measure of hotness or coldness expressed in terms of any of several arbitrary scales and indicating the direction in which heat energy will spontaneously flow—i.e., from a hotter body (one at a higher temperature) to a colder body (one at a lower temperature).
6 days ago · An impact event is a collision between astronomical objects causing measurable effects. [1] Impact events have been found to regularly occur in planetary systems, though the most frequent involve asteroids, comets or meteoroids and have minimal effect.
