All 8 Uses of
meteorite
in
The War of the Worlds
- His idea was that meteorites might be falling in a heavy shower upon the planet, or that a huge volcanic explosion was in progress.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- Denning, our greatest authority on meteorites, stated that the height of its first appearance was about ninety or one hundred miles.†
Chpt 1.2
- Many people in Berkshire, Surrey, and Middlesex must have seen the fall of it, and, at most, have thought that another meteorite had descended.†
Chpt 1.2
- But very early in the morning poor Ogilvy, who had seen the shooting star and who was persuaded that a meteorite lay somewhere on the common between Horsell, Ottershaw, and Woking, rose early with the idea of finding it.†
Chpt 1.2
- He approached the mass, surprised at the size and more so at the shape, since most meteorites are rounded more or less completely.†
Chpt 1.2
- Then suddenly he noticed with a start that some of the grey clinker, the ashy incrustation that covered the meteorite, was falling off the circular edge of the end.†
Chpt 1.2
- Fallen meteorite!†
Chpt 1.2
- "But it's something more than a meteorite.†
Chpt 1.2
Definition:
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(meteorite) stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface