Micrometeoroid
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noun.
A very small, often dust-sized meteoroid.
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noun.
an
extraterrestrial
particle
less than a
millimeter
in size
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noun.
a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere
Word Usage
"It looked as if it was made of frozen rock, the nowmatte plating pitted with micrometeoroid impacts."
Etymologically Related
micrometeorite
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
meteorite
Same Context
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