| Pronunciation: | | 'meeteeu`royd
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[n] (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere |
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METEOROID is a 9 letter word that starts with M. |
| | See Also: | | estraterrestrial body, extraterrestrial object, meteor swarm, meteorite |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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