Definition of meteor

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Meteor (n.) Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc..

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Astrometeorology :: Astrometeorology (n.) The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather..
Hydrometeorological :: Hydrometeorological (a.) Of or pertaining to hydrometeorology, or to rain, clouds, storms, etc..
Meteor :: Meteor (n.) Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region..
Meteoroscope :: Meteoroscope (n.) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star..
Pseudostella :: Pseudostella (n.) Any starlike meteor or phenomenon.
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.
Meteoroidal :: Meteoroidal (a.) Of or pertaining to a meteoroid or to meteoroids.
Oligosiderite :: Oligosiderite (n.) A meteorite characterized by the presence of but a small amount of metallic iron.
Aerolite :: Aerolite (n.) A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone..
Meteoric :: Meteoric (a.) Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame..
Meteoromancy :: Meteoromancy (n.) A species of divination by meteors, chiefly by thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by the Romans..
Firedrake :: Firedrake (n.) A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.
Meteoric :: Meteoric (a.) Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions..
Bolide :: Bolide (n.) A kind of bright meteor; a bolis.
Daubreelite :: Daubreelite (n.) A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.
Meteorography :: Meteorography (n.) The registration of meteorological phenomena.
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..
Meteorical :: Meteorical (a.) Meteoric.
Meteorize :: Meteorize (v. i.) To ascend in vapors; to take the form of a meteor.
Weather :: Weather (n.) Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air.
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