Meteors

Word METEORS
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Definitions and meanings of "Meteors"

What do we mean by meteors?

A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere: A shooting star or falling star.

Any atmospheric phenomenon. (Thus the derivation of meteorology.) These were sometimes classified as aerial or airy meteors (winds), aqueous or watery meteors (hydrometeors: clouds, rain, snow, hail, dew, frost), luminous meteors (rainbows and aurora), and igneous or fiery meteors (lightning and shooting stars).

A prop similar to poi balls, in that it is twirled at the end of a cord or cable.

A striking weapon resembling a track and field hammer consisting of a weight swung at the end of a cable or chain.

Any short-lived source of wonderment.

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The word "meteors" in example sentences

Most of it is in the form of teeny dust particles which burn up in our atmosphere, what we call meteors (or shooting stars, but doesn't "meteor" sound more sciencey?). ❋ Unknown (2008)

You mean Jesus didn't slay the Muslims during the Crusades while riding bareback on a dinosaur and calling down meteors from the sky with his magic shepherd's staff? ❋ Unknown (2009)

I went outside and saw 6-7 meteors from the Perseid meteor shower. ❋ Tragic_elegance (2009)

 Suddenly, glowing meteors from the MLJ Nebula rain down in Riverdale, including one that crashes into the shop and morphs into a door to other dimensions! ❋ Unknown (2009)

There is probably enough free iron in meteors scattered about the surface to take care of many of the initial needs of an outpost. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Below these, again, we find masses varying from a few tons in weight down to only a few pounds or ounces, and these when we see them, which is not often, we call meteors or shooting-stars; and to the size of these meteorites there would appear to be no limit: some may be literal grains of dust. ❋ Oliver Lodge (1895)

They are usually called meteors when luminous by contact with air, 120. ❋ Henry White Warren (1871)

Writers may be classified as meteors, planets and fixed stars. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Again, and briefly, there are also in existence small bodies called meteors, which are said to exist by myriads, which float in space, and circle round the sun. ❋ William George Hooper (N/A)

He thought at first of declaring to them that the Great Spirit was pleased with the expedition, and was lighting the band on its way with spirit lamps; or that the meteors were the spirits of departed braves, coming to assist their worldly brothers in another impending fight; but he was not sanguine enough of possible results to indulge in any attractive oratory. ❋ Henry Inman (1868)

And that they send their starry angels forth, and that the meteors are their messengers. ❋ Charles Godfrey Leland (1863)

Observers often call meteors shooting stars or falling stars because they look like stars falling from the sky. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They are known as meteors when they burn up in Earth's atmosphere. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Children mistakenly call the meteors shooting stars, but they're actually no larger than grains of sand, Rector said. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The noun "meteors," following the adverb "like," is in the objective case, and governed by ❋ Samuel Kirkham (N/A)

These "meteors" had another peculiarity; they left no train. ❋ Charles Fort (N/A)

In the _Report of the British Association_, 1877-152, there is a description of a group of "meteors" that traveled with "remarkable slowness." ❋ Charles Fort (N/A)

It is in all essential regards similar to the sounds made by projectiles, such as meteors or swift cannon shots, as they fly through the air. ❋ Nathaniel Southgate Shaler (1873)

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