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1. (n.) meteor
a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
2. meteor
a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
3. meteor
any atmospheric phenomenon, as hail or a typhoon.
Etymology: (1470–80; (< ML
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1. (noun) meteoroid, meteor
(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
2. (noun) meteor, shooting star
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
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1. (noun) meteor
a brightly shining rock from space in the Earth's atmosphere
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1. (noun) meteor
any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc
2. (noun) meteor
specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region
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Sense: (alsoshooting star) a small mass or body travelling very quickly through space which appears very bright after entering the earth's atmosphere.
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 Afrikaans: meteoor |
 Arabic: نَيْزَك، شِهاب |
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 German: der Meteor |
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 Greek: διάττων αστέρας |
 Spanish: meteorito |
 Estonian: meteoor |
 Farsi: شهاب سنگ |
 Finnish: meteori |
 French: météore |
 Hebrew: מֶטֶאוֹר |
 Hindi: उल्का |
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 Icelandic: stjörnuhrap, loftsteinn |
 Italian: meteora |
 Japanese: 流星 |
 Korean: 유성체; 운석(隕石) |
 Lithuanian: meteoras |
 Latvian: meteors |
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 Persian: پديده هوايى، شهاب سنگ |
 Pashto: هوايى پديده |
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 Thai: ดาวตก |
 Turkish: göktaşı, meteor |
 Taiwanese: 流星 |
 Ukrainian: метеор |
 Urdu: شہاب ثاقب |
 Vietnamese: sao băng |
 Chinese: 流星 |
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