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Meteorometer :: Meteorometer (n.) An apparatus which transmits automatically to a central station atmospheric changes as marked by the anemometer, barometer, thermometer, etc..

Aerolitic :: Aerolitic (a.) Of or pertaining to aerolites; meteoric; as, aerolitic iron..

Mesosiderite :: Mesosiderite (n.) See the Note under Meteorite.

Schreibersite :: Schreibersite (n.) A mineral occurring in steel-gray flexible folia. It contains iron, nickel, and phosphorus, and is found only in meteoric iron..

Pseudostella :: Pseudostella (n.) Any starlike meteor or phenomenon.

Hydrometeorology :: Hydrometeorology (n.) That branch of meteorology which relates to, or treats of, water in the atmosphere, or its phenomena, as rain, clouds, snow, hail, storms, etc..

Hydrometeorological :: Hydrometeorological (a.) Of or pertaining to hydrometeorology, or to rain, clouds, storms, etc..

Chondritic :: Chondritic (a.) Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites..

Tornado :: Tornado (n.) A violent whirling wind; specifically (Meteorol.), a tempest distinguished by a rapid whirling and slow progressive motion, usually accompaned with severe thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth; a small cyclone..

Meteoric :: Meteoric (a.) Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame..

Meteorological :: Meteorological (a.) Of or pertaining to the atmosphere and its phenomena, or to meteorology..

Hydrometeor :: Hydrometeor (n.) A meteor or atmospheric phenomenon dependent upon the vapor of water; -- in the pl., a general term for the whole aqueous phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, snow, hail, etc..

Chondrite :: Chondrite (n.) A meteoric stone characterized by the presence of chondrules.

Swarmed :: Swarm (n.) Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites..

Physiognomy :: Physiognomy (n.) The general appearance or aspect of a thing, without reference to its scientific characteristics; as, the physiognomy of a plant, or of a meteor..

Chondrule :: Chondrule (n.) A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites..

Meteorolite :: Meteorolite (n.) A meteoric stone; an aerolite; a meteorite.

Meteor :: Meteor (n.) Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region..

Meteoroidal :: Meteoroidal (a.) Of or pertaining to a meteoroid or to meteoroids.

Prester :: Prester (n.) A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.

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