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meteoroid

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 05.12.2025

Meanings

planeetidevahelises ruumis liikuv kivist või metallist keha, mis Maa atmosfääri sattununa põhjustab meteoori
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Kosmoseteaduse ja -tehnoloogia terminibaas

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Domain astronomy
  • planeetidevahelises ruumis liikuv tahke keha, mis Maa atmosfääri sattudes tekitab meteoori
  • small rocky or metallic body in outer space
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Usage examples
  • Meteoroidid on tillukesed planeetidevahelised ainekillud, mille suurus ulatub liivaterast kuni kivirahnuni.
meteoroid
Usage examples
  • Meteoroids are space rocks that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. This term only applies when these rocks while they are still in space.

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Inflection Type 22e

meteoroid meteoroidid
meteoroidi meteoroidide
meteoroidi meteoroide ~ meteoroidisid

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