NOUN | object | meteoroid, meteor | (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere |
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Meaning | (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere. | |
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Synonym | meteor | |
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 |
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