micrometeoroid

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ meteoroid (micro- +‎ meteor +‎ -oid)

Noun

micrometeoroid (plural micrometeoroids)

1. (astronomy, geology) an extraterrestrial particle less than a millimeter in size

Related terms

• micrometeorite
• meteoroid
• meteor
• meteoroidal
• meteoritic
• meteoritics

Translations

astronomy: extraterrestrial particle less than a millimeter in size

• German: Mikrometeorit m
• Icelandic: geimarða f
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• Turkish: mikrometeorit