micrometeoroid

English

Etymology

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

Noun

micrometeoroid (plural micrometeoroids)

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

Related terms

Translations

astronomy: extraterrestrial particle less than a millimeter in size

German: Mikrometeorit m
Icelandic: geimarða f

Turkish: mikrometeorit

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