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1. (n.) meteoroid
any of the small bodies of rock or metal traveling through space that, upon entering the earth's atmosphere, are heated to glowing and become meteors.
Etymology: (1860–65)
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1. (noun) meteoroid, meteor
(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
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1. (noun) meteoroid
a small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor
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