Definition of Chondres

1. chondre [n] - See also: chondre

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chondres

chomp
chomp at the bit
chomped
chomped at the bit
chomper
chompers
chomping
chomping at the bit
chomps
chon
chondral
chondralgia
chondralloplasia
chondre
chondrectomy
chondres (current term)
chondri
chondrichthian
chondrichthyan
chondrichthyans
chondrification
chondrification centre
chondrifications
chondrified
chondrifies
chondrify
chondrifying
chondrigen
chondrigenous
chondrin

Literary usage of Chondres

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The serial structure of the chondres with olivine is observed much less rarely, and indeed there is some doubt about the indications of this last type of ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"... chondres of various kinds, etc. VII. The systematic collection representing 9 classes in 58 groups and 280 localities of meteorites (irons and stones). ..."

3. Text-book of Geology by Sir Archibald Geikie (1902)
"In these deposits, moreover, occur numerous minute spher- ular particles of metallic iron and "chondres," or spherical internally radiated particles ..."

4. The Meteoritic Hypothesis: A Statement of the Results of a Spectroscopic by Norman Lockyer (1890)
"We have observed much less rarely the serial structure of the chondres with olivine, and indeed there is some doubt about the indications of this last type ..."

5. The Works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D. by Thomas Sydenham (1850)
"The chest is narrow at the sides, and pointed in front, the belly being full and the hypo- chondres tense. Cough and weakness of the lungs supervene. ..."

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