regmaglypt
Meaning
Noun
- A small, shallow indentation or pit on the surface of a meteorite, resembling a thumbprint impression in clay, created by ablation while falling in an atmosphere.
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Origin
- From Ancient Greek ῥῆγμα ("something broken or rent asunder; a breach, cleft, fracture"), + γλυπτόν.
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