meteoric
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- adjective
- /mɪˈtɪərɪk/
- Specialized
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meteórico
- The meteor emissions lack some of the usual atmospheric emission lines and only come from meteoric metal atoms.
- meteoric debris
He was one of the early geologists to identify that the Barringer Crater in Arizona was, in fact, of meteoric origin.
- He was one of the early geologists to identify that the Barringer Crater in Arizona was, in fact, of meteoric origin.
Examples
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To our knowledge, this is the first time anyone has established the formation of meteoric debris as high as 84 kilometers, as determined from the stereoscopic view of both aircraft.
Academic text (2001) -
I have considered light pressure, hysteresis, meteoric dust;
Fiction book (1992) -
- Yes, probably meteoric in origin, you know.
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Qantas Flight 72 had problems two months later over Australia, and that coincided with an uptick in meteoric activity as well.
Blog text (1) -
Here are some links to the SpaceWeather.com and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory websites' archives for the June 1 meteoric events.
Blog text (1) -
But Mike Taylor of Utah State University followed up in the 1999 Leonid MAC mission and discovered that rapidly spinning meteoroids eject small bits of meteoric matter at high speed during their descent.
Academic text (2001) -
The airless lunar surface was dangerous, subject to four-hundred-degree temperature swings between sunlight and shadow, bathed in hard radiation from deep space, and peppered with meteoric infall.
Fiction book (2001) -
As evidence, geologists point to an ashy seam, rich in meteoric debris, that shows up widely in rock deposited about the time when the dinosaurs and most of their lumbering relatives expired.
Fiction book (1991) -
With the 2001 and 2002 Leonid storms ahead of us, we have an opportunity to further develop the models of comet dust trails, meteor ablation, persistent trains, and the influence of meteoric matter and meteors on Earth's atmosphere.
Academic text (2001) -
The meteoric shower lit up the night sky as bright flashes streaked past the stars.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Meteoric comes from the Greek word meteōros, which means 'high in the air', and is the same root as meteor, so it describes things that come from the sky, like falling space rocks and the bright streaks they make.