Meaning of preterrestrial | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Prior to the formation of Earth
   not-comparable
2. Occurring prior to a meteorite's impact with Earth
   not-comparable

Examples

“The System of the World of Laplace is the history of a preterrestrial era, the history of the world before the formation of the planet Earth, or if one prefers, of the Earth in its unity with the Sun.”

“A plagioclase glass in some chondrites and irons formed by preterrestrial impact between meteorites in space.”

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