All 6 Uses
asteroid
in
Ender's Game
(Edited)
- We'll have the asteroid belt, but they'll have Earth, and you run out of raisins and celery kind of fast out there, without Earth.
p. 115.9asteroid = millions of large rocks that move around the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
- I thought Command School was in the asteroids somewhere.
p. 184.7asteroids = millions of large rocks that move around the sun mostly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
- It had just brought a vast load of drawn steel processed by a factory ship that was taking apart minor planets in the asteroid belt.
p. 199.8asteroid = millions of large rocks that move around the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
- There are usually a few changes on the way from gathering nuts and seeds to harvesting asteroids and putting permanent research stations on the moons of Saturn.
p. 201.3asteroids = rocks that move around the sun, are smaller than a planet, and larger than a meter in diameter
- Since the surface of the planet was entirely devoted to absorbing sunlight and converting it to energy, everyone lived in the smooth-walled rooms linked by tunnels that laced the interior of the asteroid.
p. 206.9 *asteroid = a large rock that moves around the sun
- Sometimes Ender had only a single starship and eight fighters; once the enemy dodged through an asteroid belt; sometimes the enemy left stationary traps, large installations that blew up if Ender brought one of his squadrons too close, often crippling or destroying some of Ender's ships.
p. 223.1asteroid = millions of large rocks that move around the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
Definitions:
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(1)
(asteroid) one of the millions of rocks that move around the sun, are smaller than a planet, and larger than a meter in diameter
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)