meteor
300
4.1
- noun
- /ˈmiːtiər/
- Specialized
:
meteoro
- I said yes, it was a meteor headed straight for me.
- a meteor shower
- a meteor storm
- a bright meteor
That's like one meteor every single minute.
- That's like one meteor every single minute.
- I mean a meteor or a volcanic eruption.
- This is, of course, if you survive the meteor strike.
- So again, beginning super invested because it starts with, do you remember where you were when the meteor hit?
- So the reason why they're there is because there is a meteor that's going to hit the Earth and it's going to mess things up pretty bad.
- Yeah, but but the Mars meteor, Mars, the Earth, the moon, they all exchange material for billions of years now.
- And so I'm grateful that they provided the confirmation and the data about this meteor that allowed us to search for for the remains of that meteor.
- Didn't know a tectite is formed by the ejecta from a meteor hitting the ground.
Examples
-
One night, flying back from a raid, I saw an amazing sight, like a meteor.
-
During the meteor shower, we saw dozens of bright meteors streaking through the night sky.
-
I wonder why the meteor hit here.
-
No, no, it was a meteor headed straight for me.
-
So again, beginning super invested because it starts with, do you remember where you were when the meteor hit?
-
If, for instance, I had foreknowledge of some great meteor and where it would strike.
Fiction book (1992) -
There's a meteor the size of North Carolina heading straight for Earth.
-
The ship was passing through a meteor swarm when its shields suddenly failed.
Fiction book (1991) -
It begins over 50 years ago, with a meteor crash in a quiet corner of Oklahoma.
-
Amateur astronomy clubs and science centers often organize meteor observing parties during the best showers.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
48
4.9
A very bright ball of fire and light seen in the sky after a big explosion
18
2.6
A bright streak of light in the night sky when a small rock from space burns up
1
9.9
A very bright meteor that may explode in the sky
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of small rocks in space that cause meteor showers when Earth passes through them
How Bright
Surface Forms
Etymology
Meteor comes from an old Greek word meaning 'high in the air', and the same root appears in meteorology, the study of the sky. So a meteor is a small space rock that makes a bright streak as it burns up while falling through the air.