meteor

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meteor

A bright meteor streaks across the night sky.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A visible streak of light in the sky: A meteor is the bright, fast-moving streak of light seen in the night sky when a small piece of space debris (a meteoroid) burns up upon entering Earth's atmosphere due to friction with the air.
    • The extraterrestrial body itself: In astronomy, a meteor can also refer to the small, solid particle from space (a meteoroid) that causes this luminous phenomenon when it enters the atmosphere.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun:
    • We saw a brilliant meteor streak across the sky last night.
    • Scientists study meteors to learn about the composition of our solar system.
Advanced Usage
  • "Meteor shower": A celestial event where numerous meteors are observed to radiate from one point in the sky.
    • The Perseid meteor shower occurs every August.
  • "Meteor burst": A term sometimes used for a very bright meteor or a sudden increase in meteor activity.
Variants and Related Words
  • Meteoroid (n): A small rocky or metallic body in outer space, significantly smaller than an asteroid. It becomes a meteor when it enters an atmosphere.
  • Meteorite (n): A meteoroid that survives its passage through the atmosphere and lands on the surface of a planet or moon.
  • Meteoric (adj): Relating to meteors; also used figuratively to describe something that is very rapid, brilliant, and often short-lived (e.g., ).
Synonyms
  • Shooting star: A common, non-scientific term for a meteor.
  • Falling star: Another common term for a meteor.
Related Phrases
  • "Wish upon a shooting star": A common cultural idiom where people make a wish when they see a meteor.
    • Make a wish! You just saw a shooting star.
Notes on Meaning
  • The term meteor specifically refers to the itself, not the physical object in space (which is a meteoroid) or the object that lands (which is a meteorite). However, in general and even some scientific contexts, it can be used more loosely to refer to the incoming body.
  • Figuratively, describing something as meteoric (e.g., ) implies sudden, dazzling success that may not last.
meteor

A bright meteor streaks across the night sky.

Noun
  1. 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
  2. (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere

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