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Meteoroid - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Meteoroid : (noun)
1: (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies
that hits the earth's atmosphere [syn: meteor]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Meteoroid : \Me"te*or*oid\, n. [Meteor _ -oid.] (Astron.)
A small body moving through space, or revolving about the
sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be
deflagrated and appear as a meteor.
These bodies [small, solid bodies] before they come
into the air, I call meteoroids. --H. A.
Newton.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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