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- Ancient Greek · derived fromτηκτός“molten”
- English todaytektite
From Ancient Greek τηκτός (tēktós, “molten”), from τήκειν (tḗkein, “to melt”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tektite
Today it means: A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling of molten ejecta from meteorite impacts. Full definition →
Ancient Greek τηκτός