Meteor - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈmiːtɪər|
Brit.
|ˈmiːtɪə|
noun
- (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere (syn: meteoroid)
- a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
- a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
Extra examples
Astronomers track large meteors using radar.
A crater was formed at the point where the meteor impacted the planet's surface.
...the tenable theory that a giant meteor strike set off a chain of events resulting in the demise of the dinosaurs...
The meteor could be seen with the naked eye.
The hundred thousand miles glissade of some shooting meteor.
A meteor flashed through the sky.
Other meteor storms have occurred in recorded history.
Scientists hypothesize that the dinosaurs were killed by a giant meteor.
Word forms
noun
singular: meteor
plural: meteors
singular: meteor
plural: meteors
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