Words Like METEOR
We have put together a list of words that are similar to METEOR.
5 Alternative Words Similar to meteor
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Meteoroid
Noun Synonym
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Meteorite
Noun Hyponym
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Bolide
Noun Hyponym
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Fireball
Noun Hyponym
10 definitions of meteor
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(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
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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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Any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc.
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Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region.
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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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A bright trail or streak that appears in the sky when a meteoroid is heated to incandescence by friction with the earth's atmosphere. Also called falling star, meteor burst, shooting star.
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Any atmospheric phenomenon.
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Specifically A transient fiery or luminous body seen in or through the atmosphere, usually in its more elevated region: a shooting-star. If it reaches the surface of the earth, it is called a meteorite, formerly aërolite, and also (very rarely) uranolite.
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A small body moving in space, and of the same nature as those which become visible by encountering our atmosphere.
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An abbreviation of meteorology, meteorological.