| NOUN | object | meteor, meteoroid | (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere |
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| phenomenon | meteor, shooting star | 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 |
| Sounds | miy'tiyer | |
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| Rhymes | anterior ... worrier: 48 rhymes with iyer... | |
| Meaning | (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere. | |
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| Synonym | meteoroid | |
| Category | astronomy, uranology | The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole |
| Narrower | meteor swarm | A group of meteoroids with similar paths |
| meteorite | stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface | |
| Broader | extraterrestrial object, estraterrestrial body | A natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere |
| Spanish | meteoroide, meteoro | |
| Catalan | meteor, meteoroide | |
| Adjectives | meteoric | pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids |
| Meaning | 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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| Synonym | shooting star | |
| Part of | meteor shower, meteor stream | A transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere |
| Narrower | bolide, fireball | An especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) |
| Broader | light, visible light, visible radiation | (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation |
| Spanish | estrella fugaz, meteoro | |
| Catalan | estel fugaç, estrella fugaç, meteor | |
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