Definitions for meteor
ˈmi ti ər, -ˌɔrme·te·or

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. meteoroid, meteornoun

   (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere

2. meteor, shooting starnoun

   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. Meteornoun

   A mass of stone or other substance which sometimes falls to the earth from space beyond the moon, burning up from atomospheric friction and creating a brilliant but usually very brief trail of light in the atmosphere; also called a shooting star.

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1. meteornoun

   Any atmospheric phenomenon. (Thus the derivation of meteorology.) These were sometimes classified as aerial or airy meteors (winds), aqueous or watery meteors (hydrometeors: clouds, rain, snow, hail, dew, frost), luminous meteors (rainbows and aurora), and igneous or fiery meteors (lightning and shooting stars [next]).

2. meteornoun

   A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere: A shooting star or falling star.

3. meteornoun

   A prop similar to poi balls, in that it is twirled at the end of a cord or cable.

4. meteornoun

   A striking weapon resembling a track and field hammer consisting of a weight swung at the end of a cable or chain.

5. Etymology: Of origin, derived from the meteorum, from the μετέωρον, from μετέωρος, from μετά + ἀείρω.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Meteornoun

   Any bodies in the air or sky that are of a flux and transitory nature.

   Etymology: meteore, Fr. μετέωρα.

   Look’d he or red, or pale, or sad, or merrily?
   What observation mad’st thou in this case,
   Of his heart’s meteors tilting in his face? William Shakespeare.

   She began to cast with herself from what coast this blazing star must rise upon the horizon of Ireland; for there had the like meteor strong influence before. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   These burning fits but meteors be,
   Whose matter in thee soon is spent:
   Thy beauty, and all parts which are in thee,
   Are an unchangeable firmament. John Donne.

   Then flaming meteors, hung in air, were seen,
   And thunders rattled through a sky serene. John Dryden, Æn.

   Why was I rais’d the meteor of the world,
   Hung in the skies, and blazing as I travell’d,
   Till all my fires were spent; and then cast downward
   To be trod out by Cæsar? John Dryden, All for Love.

   O poet, thou hadst been discreteer,
   Hanging the monarch’s hat so high,
   If thou hadst dubb’d thy star a meteor,
   Which did but blaze, and rove, and die. Matthew Prior.

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1. meteor

   A meteoroid () is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space. Meteoroids are defined as objects significantly smaller than asteroids, ranging in size from grains to objects up to a meter wide. Objects smaller than this are classified as micrometeoroids or space dust. Most are fragments from comets or asteroids, whereas others are collision impact debris ejected from bodies such as the Moon or Mars.When a meteoroid, comet, or asteroid enters Earth's atmosphere at a speed typically in excess of 20 km/s (72,000 km/h; 45,000 mph), aerodynamic heating of that object produces a streak of light, both from the glowing object and the trail of glowing particles that it leaves in its wake. This phenomenon is called a meteor or "shooting star". Meteors typically become visible when they are about 100 km above sea level. A series of many meteors appearing seconds or minutes apart and appearing to originate from the same fixed point in the sky is called a meteor shower. A meteorite is the remains of a meteoroid that has survived the ablation of its surface material during its passage through the atmosphere as a meteor and has impacted the ground. An estimated 25 million meteoroids, micrometeoroids and other space debris enter Earth's atmosphere each day, which results in an estimated 15,000 tonnes of that material entering the atmosphere each year.

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1. meteor

   A meteor is a space rock or debris that enters the Earth's atmosphere from outer space. As it falls towards Earth, the resistance (or drag) of the air on the rock makes it extremely hot. This heat vaporizes most meteors, creating a bright trail of light commonly referred to as a "shooting star." If any part of the meteor survives its journey through the atmosphere and lands on the Earth, it is then called a meteorite.

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1. Meteornoun

   any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc

2. Meteornoun

   specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region

3. Etymology: [F. mtore, Gr. , pl. things in the air, fr. high in air, raised off the ground; beyond + , , a suspension or hovering in the air, fr. to lift, raise up.]

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1. Meteor

   mē′te-or, n. one of numberless small bodies travelling through space, continually being encountered by the earth on its orbital path, and then revealed to our observation as aerolites, fire-balls, or shooting-stars: formerly used of any appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain: (fig.) anything that for a time dazzles or strikes with wonder.—adj. Meteor′ic, pertaining to, or consisting of, meteors: proceeding from a meteor: flashing like a meteor: influenced by the weather.—ns. Mē′teorograph, an instrument by which several meteorological elements are recorded in combination; Meteor′olite, Mē′teorite, a meteoric stone.—adjs. Meteorolog′ic, -al.—ns. Meteorol′ogist; one skilled in meteorology; Meteorol′ogy, that department of physics which treats of the phenomena of the atmosphere as regards weather and climate.—adj. Mē′tēorous (Milt.), having the nature of a meteor.—Meteoric iron, iron as found in meteoric stones; Meteoric showers, showers of meteors or shooting-stars; Meteoric Stones, aerolites. [Gr. meteōron—meta, beyond, eōra, anything suspended—aeirein, to lift.]

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1. Meteor

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Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. meteor

   See COMPASANT, WATER-SPOUT, &c.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of meteor in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of meteor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of meteor in a Sentence

1. Steinar Midtskogen:

   A minute later or more a loud rumbling sound could be heard over a large area, perhaps up to 100 km( about 62 miles) away from where the meteor was seen straight overhead.

2. Christiana Figueres:

   The way I think about this is, there is a meteor coming at our planet and it has the very real potential of wiping out humanity.

3. Robert Lunsford:

   The radiant is expected to be a large area of the sky and not a pinpoint. So any slow meteor from this general area of the sky can be expected to be from SW3, you need not look directly overhead as meteors may appear in any portion of the sky. They are actually more likely to appear at lower elevations in the sky since at these elevations one is looking through a far thicker slice of the atmosphere that when looking straight upwards.

4. Robert Massey:

   If people did see it and it was something like an incoming low-altitude meteor, they can consider themselves lucky.

5. Ana Colovic Lesoska:

   I felt that it was a matter of injustice, it's not as if a meteor dropped on the middle of the park and destroyed the lynx, it's a decision... It was a decision by the banks to contribute to the extinction of the Balkan lynx.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=meteor
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=meteor
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Meteor
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=meteor
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meteor
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=meteor
9. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/meteor
10. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=meteor