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8-letter words (1 found)

ASTEROID,

7-letter words (30 found)

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6-letter words (74 found)

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5-letter words (173 found)

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4-letter words (180 found)

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3-letter words (96 found)

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2-letter words (32 found)

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1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 587 words from asteroid according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of asteroid

asteroid

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ăs'tə-roid", IPA(key): /ˈæst(ə)ɹɔɪd/

Etymology 1

From aster +‎ -oid, lit. "star-like". Coined by William Herschel.

Noun

asteroid (plural asteroids)

  1. (astronomy) A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.
  2. (astronomy) In the Solar system, such a body that orbits within the orbit of Jupiter
Usage notes

The term "asteroid" has never been precisely defined. It was coined for objects which looked like stars in a telescope but moved like planets. These were known from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and were later found co-orbiting with Jupiter (Trojan asteroids) and within the orbit of Mars. They were naturally distinguished from comets, which did not look at all starlike. Starting in the 1970s, small non-cometary bodies were found outside the orbit of Jupiter, and usage became divided as to whether to call these "asteroids" as well. Some astronomers restrict the term "asteroid" to rocky or rocky-icy bodies with orbits up to Jupiter. They may retain the term planetoid for all small bodies, and thus tend to use it for icy or rocky-icy bodies beyond Jupiter, or may use dedicated words such as centaurs, Kuiper belt objects, transneptunian objects, etc. for the latter. Other astronomers use "asteroid" for all non-cometary bodies smaller than a planet, even large ones such as Sedna and (occasionally) Pluto. However, the distinction between asteroid and comet is an artificial one; many outer "asteroids" would become comets if they ventured nearer the Sun. The IAU terminology since 2006 has been small Solar System body for any body that orbits the Sun directly and whose shape is not dominated by gravity.

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See also

  • astroid
  • comet
  • exoasteroid
  • meteor
  • meteorite
  • planetoid

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστεροειδής (asteroeidḗs), from ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form”). Analyzable as aster- +‎ -oid

Noun

asteroid (plural asteroids)

  1. (zoology) Any member of the taxonomic class Asteroidea; a starfish.

Further reading

  • “asteroid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “asteroid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈastɛroɪt]

Noun

asteroid m inan

  1. asteroid

Declension

Related terms

  • See astro-

See also

  • planetka

Further reading

  • asteroid in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • asteroid in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • asteroid in Internetová jazyková příručka

Estonian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑsteˈroi̯d̥/, [ɑsteˈroi̯d̥], /ˈɑsteroi̯d̥/, [ˈɑsteroi̯d̥]

Noun

asteroid (genitive asteroidi, partitive asteroidi)

  1. asteroid

Declension

Further reading

  • “asteroid”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Indonesian

Etymology

From English asteroid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [asteˈroɪt̚]
  • Hyphenation: as‧té‧ro‧id

Noun

astéroid (first-person possessive asteroidku, second-person possessive asteroidmu, third-person possessive asteroidnya)

  1. (astronomy) asteroid
    Synonym: planetoid

Further reading

  • “asteroid” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French astéroïde.

Noun

asteroid m (plural asteroizi)

  1. asteroid

Declension

Further reading

  • asteroid in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /asterǒiːd/

Noun

asteròīd m (Cyrillic spelling астеро̀ӣд)

  1. asteroid

Declension

Further reading

  • “asteroid” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /astɛrɔíːt/

Noun

asteroȋd m inan

  1. asteroid

Inflection

Further reading

  • “asteroid”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “asteroid”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːd

Noun

asteroid c

  1. asteroid

Declension


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