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   icy

   /ˈʌɪsi/

   adjective

   • 1. covered with or consisting of ice: "there were icy patches on the roads" Similar frozenfrozen overiced overice-boundice-coverediced upfrostyfrostedglassylike a sheet of glassslipperyinformal:slippyliterary:rimy
   • ▪ very cold: "an icy wind" Similar freezingfrigidchillchillychillingfrostybitingbitterrawarcticglacialSiberianpolargelidinformal:BalticOpposite hotwarm
   • ▪ very unfriendly; hostile: "her voice was icy" Similar unfriendlyunwelcominginhospitablehostileforbiddingcoldcoolchillyfrigidfrostyglacialwintrystiffaloofdistantunsympatheticdisdainfulhaughtystonysternhardfiercerare:gelidOpposite friendly

   Derivatives

   • 1. icily adverb
   • 2. iciness noun

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2. spaceplace.nasa.gov › kuiper-belt › enWhat Is the Kuiper Belt? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for...

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   5 days ago · The Kuiper Belt is a ring of icy bodies just outside of Neptune’s orbit. Pluto is the most famous Kuiper Belt Object. The Sun is at the center of our solar system.

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3. www.britannica.com › dictionaryFind Definitions & Meanings of Words | Britannica Dictionary

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   3 days ago · Clear and simple definitions in American English from Britannica's language experts. More usage examples than any other dictionary.

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   5 days ago · A close-up image of the asteroid Ida taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA. There are lots of asteroids in our solar system. Most of them live in the main asteroid belt —a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MeteoriteMeteorite - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · A meteorite is a rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or moon. When the original object enters the atmosphere, various factors such as friction, pressure, and chemical interactions with the atmospheric gases cause it to heat up and radiate energy.

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7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Phases_of_icePhases of ice - Wikipedia

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   5 days ago · The phases of ice are all possible states of matter for water as a solid. Variations in pressure and temperature give rise to different phases, which have varying properties and molecular geometries. Currently, twenty one phases, including both crystalline and amorphous ices have been observed.

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   1 day ago · It consists of frozen crystalline water throughout its life cycle, starting when, under suitable conditions, the ice crystals form in the atmosphere, increase to millimeter size, precipitate and accumulate on surfaces, then metamorphose in place, and ultimately melt, slide or sublimate away.