regmaglypt

== English == === Alternative forms === rhegmaglypt === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ῥῆγμα (rhêgma, “something broken or rent asunder; a breach, cleft, fracture”), + γλυπτόν (gluptón, “carving, sculpture”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛɡ.mə.ɡlɪpt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛɡ.mə.ɡlipt/ Hyphenation: reg‧ma‧glypt === Noun === regmaglypt (plural regmaglypts) (astronomy, geology) A small, shallow indentation or pit on the surface of a meteorite, resembling a thumbprint impression in clay, created by ablation while falling in an atmosphere. ==== Synonyms ==== pezograph piezoglypt ==== Derived terms ==== regmaglypted regmaglyptic ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th edition, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 2003, →ISBN. === Further reading === glossary of meteoritics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia