regolith (lunar sense)

REG-oh-lith

Already entered in the soil section for its terrestrial meaning. On the Moon, regolith is the layer of pulverized rock, dust, and glass beads created by billions of years of meteorite impacts on a world with no atmosphere, no water, and no biology to produce soil. Lunar regolith is not soil — it has never been alive. It is the ground of a dead world, and the distinction matters.
Notes
Cross-reference only. The existing entry is the one to keep; this note adds the extraterrestrial dimension.
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