[meteorite-list] Question about oriented meteorites

John Birdsell birdsell at email.arizona.edu
Sun Dec 5 23:49:13 EST 2004


Hello all....I would have thought that Bob and Mike were right on this, 
but I was surprised to find the word "orientated" in Webster's New 
Unabridged Dictionary, being defined as being synonymous with "oriented".


Cheers


-John


Michael Farmer wrote:

> Robert, there is no such word as orientated. I have seen it too, never 
> knew where people got that word from.
> Mike
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Woolard" 
> <meteoritefinder at yahoo.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 9:02 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Question about oriented meteorites
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>> Hello List and Mike,
>>
>>    Mike just posted this a short while ago:
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>>  " Subject: Oriented meteorite listed now.
>>
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>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2291946404
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>>      Here it is, just loaded.
>>    Mike  "
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>>     ************************************
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>>  First of all...... WOW!! Awesome specimen, Mike!
>>
>>  Secondly, this is a good time to ask a question that
>> I've wondered about now and then. I, too would have
>> used the exact word " oriented " to describe this
>> stone, and I know that is correct. But I often see
>> other list members using the term "orientated" (with
>> an extra "-at-"in the word). So my question is: Are
>> both terms proper, or is "oriented" the ONLY correct
>> term to use to describe such a meteorite as this?
>>
>>  Thanks for any help with this question,
>>
>>  Robert Woolard
>>
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