rare. [ad. Gr. χόνδρος ‘a groat, grit or lump of salt.’ In Ger. chondrum, pl. chondren.] One of the small rounded grains that enter into the composition of some stony meteorites.
1882. A. Geikie, Text Bk. Geol., III. II. § 2. In these [deep-sea] deposits … occur … ‘chondres,’ or spherical internally radiated particles referred to bronzite.
