Definitions

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word micrometeor.

Examples

  • So what would it be worth to you if I told you, I had on the Moon, right now, several million gallons of distilled water frozen into a anti-radiation/micrometeor habitat and inside were several million gallons of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.. and a half gallon of He3?

    Obama to Unveil "Ambitous" Plan for NASA | Universe Today 2010

  • It could have been struck by a micrometeor or it could have been struck by some debris.

    CNN Transcript Jun 19, 2007 2007

  • Because they want to make sure that while they're in space they want to make sure they didn't get dinged by a micrometeor.

    CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2007 2007

  • On the ground, NASA engineers poring over images of that chipped heat shield and some tiles, and the leading edge of the left wing seen there, which was hit ever so slightly with a micrometeor yesterday.

    CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2006 2006

  • Signals-and detection was getting a lot of routine stuff Van Allen count, micrometeor count, surface temperature, gravitationfield strength, radar and scanner echoes.

    Space Viking Piper, H. Beam 1963

  • Signals-and-detection was getting a lot of routine stuff -- Van Allen count, micrometeor count, surface temperature, gravitation-field strength, radar and scanner echoes.

    Space Viking H. Beam Piper 1934

  • Extraterrestrial objects tend to develop a red tint as they age due to the effects of cosmic radiation and micrometeor impacts on their surfaces.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Ebrianson 2009

  • The researchers said the film also has a protective layer of germanium silicon oxides to protect a spacecraft from the corrosive effects of atomic oxygen and from micrometeor impacts.

    Space News From SpaceDaily.Com 2008

  • U.S. researchers say they have developed a thin film designed to protect small spacecraft from temperature extremes, corrosion and micrometeor impacts.

    Space News From SpaceDaily.Com 2008

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.