[meteorite-list] searching for the correct terminology

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:42:29 -0500
Message-ID: <3l9la55vfvc3esspi0ftbso5gq5q3efpoo_at_4ax.com>

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:14:40 -0400, you wrote:

>PS ... denuded matrix would sound perfect to me, or stripped meteorite

Ah, but wouldn't the prefix "de-" make the word mean "to make no longer nuded"?
So an eroded meteorite should be said to have a nuded matrix...

Okay, kidding. I know it is a real word (maybe different etymology for the
"de-" prefix? Is this a job for Webbman?)
Received on Fri 11 Sep 2009 03:42:29 PM PDT