n. A small, round granule, formed from molten rock, found in chondritic meteorites
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A term proposed as an English equivalent of chondrus, 1.
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n. small granule (of e.g. chrysolite) found in some meteoric rocks
Word Usage
"Electron picture of a chondrule, part of a meteorite 4.5 billion years old"