tektite
pronunciation
How to pronounce tektite in British English: UK ['tektaɪt]
How to pronounce tektite in American English: US ['tekˌtaɪt]
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- Noun:
- thought to derive from meteorites
Word Origin
- tektite (n.)
- small roundish glass bodies, probably of meteoric origin, 1909, from German tektit (Suess, 1900), from Greek tektos "molten," from tekein "to melt."