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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: thought to derive from meteorites

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek t?ktos molten, from t?kein to melt — more at thaw Date: 1909 a glassy body of probably meteoritic origin and of rounded but indefinite shape • tektitic adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Geol. a small roundish glassy body of unknown origin occurring in various parts of the earth. Etymology: G Tektit f. Gk tektos molten f. teko melt