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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Meteorologist :: Meteorologist (n.) A person skilled in meteorology.
Siderolite :: Siderolite (n.) A kind of meteorite. See under Meteorite.
Mesosiderite :: Mesosiderite (n.) See the Note under Meteorite.
Meteoroscope :: Meteoroscope (n.) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star..
Meteoroid :: Meteoroid (n.) 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..
Uranolite :: Uranolite (n.) A meteorite or aerolite.
Troilite :: Troilite (n.) Native iron protosulphide, FeS. It is known only in meteoric irons, and is usually in imbedded nodular masses of a bronze color..
Oligosiderite :: Oligosiderite (n.) A meteorite characterized by the presence of but a small amount of metallic iron.
Hydrometeorological :: Hydrometeorological (a.) Of or pertaining to hydrometeorology, or to rain, clouds, storms, etc..
Bolide :: Bolide (n.) A kind of bright meteor; a bolis.
Astrometeorology :: Astrometeorology (n.) The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather..
Meteorical :: Meteorical (a.) Meteoric.
Prodigy :: Prodigy (n.) Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies..
Waterspout :: Waterspout (n.) A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land..
Meteorograph :: Meteorograph (n.) An instrument which registers meteorologic phases or conditions.
Meteorological :: Meteorological (a.) Of or pertaining to the atmosphere and its phenomena, or to meteorology..
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.
Firedrake :: Firedrake (n.) A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.
Bolis :: Bolis (n.) A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes..
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