METEOR
\mˈiːtɪə], \mˈiːtɪə], \m_ˈiː_t_ɪ__ə]\
Definitions of METEOR
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc.
By Oddity Software
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Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc.
By Noah Webster.
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Any solid objects moving in interplanetary space that are smaller than a planet or asteroid but larger than a molecule. Meteorites are any meteoroid that has fallen to a planetary surface. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A body which, in passing through the earth's atmosphere, becomes incandescent and luminous, as a shooting-star or fire-ball: formerly used of any appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain: (fig.) anything that transiently dazzles or strikes with wonder.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Any natural phenomenon or appearance of a transitory nature taking place in the atmosphere; a luminous body or appearance in the sky; a falling star.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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