Definition of meteor

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

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Swarmed :: Swarm (n.) Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites..
Track :: Track (n.) A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel..
Exhalation :: Exhalation (n.) A bright phenomenon; a meteor.
Meteorographic :: Meteorographic (a.) Of or pertaining to meteorography.
Meteor :: Meteor (n.) Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region..
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..
Meteorous :: Meteorous (a.) Of the nature or appearance of a meteor.
Bolis :: Bolis (n.) A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes..
Meteoromancy :: Meteoromancy (n.) A species of divination by meteors, chiefly by thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by the Romans..
Widmanstatten Figures :: Widmanstatten figures () Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; -- so called after A. B. Widmanstatten, of Vienna, who first described them in 1808. See the Note and Illust. under Meteorite..
Pseudostella :: Pseudostella (n.) Any starlike meteor or phenomenon.
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..
Weather :: Weather (v. i.) To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather..
Meteorograph :: Meteorograph (n.) An instrument which registers meteorologic phases or conditions.
Meteoric :: Meteoric (a.) Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame..
Bolide :: Bolide (n.) A kind of bright meteor; a bolis.
Meteoroligic :: Meteoroligic (a.) Alt. of Meteorologica.
Uranolite :: Uranolite (n.) A meteorite or aerolite.
Weather :: Weather (n.) Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air.
Meteorological :: Meteorological (a.) Of or pertaining to the atmosphere and its phenomena, or to meteorology..
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