Meteor - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmiːtɪər|  American pronunciation of the word meteor
Brit.  |ˈmiːtɪə|  British pronunciation of the word meteor

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

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
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