[ˈtɛktʌɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small black glassy object found in numbers over certain areas of the earth's surface, believed to have been formed as molten debris in meteorite impacts and scattered widely through the air


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Origin:
early 20th century: coined in German from Greek tēktos ‘molten’ (from tēkein ‘melt’) + -ite