Synonyms for meteor
ˈmi ti ər, -ˌɔrme·te·or

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1. meteoroid, meteornoun

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

   Synonyms:
   shooting star, meteoroid

2. meteor, shooting starnoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   shooting star, meteoroid

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1. meteornoun

   Synonyms:
   fireball, shooting star, bolis, bolide

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1. List of paraphrases for "meteor":

   meteorite, asteroid

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1. METEOR

   Synonyms:
   Measuring Effects on intima media Thickness: an Evaluation Of Rosuvastatin Ongoing trial

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1. Longfellow:

   Men of genius are often dull and inert in society, as the blazing meteor when it descends to earth is only a stone.

2. Bill Cooke:

   This is going to be an all or nothing event. If the debris from SW3 was traveling more than 220 miles per hour when it separated from the comet, we might see a nice meteor shower. If the debris had slower ejection speeds, then nothing will make it to Earth and there will be no meteors from this comet.

3. Mike Hankey:

   Bright moon phases are bad for meteor showers as they wash out the dimmer meteors, a full or almost full moon dominates one part of the sky, making that part undesirable for observing meteors. The full moon also lasts the entire night, leaving no hours of complete darkness, which is preferred.

4. Robert Lunsford:

   The radiant is expected to be a large area of the sky and not a pinpoint. So any slow meteor from this general area of the sky can be expected to be from SW3, you need not look directly overhead as meteors may appear in any portion of the sky. They are actually more likely to appear at lower elevations in the sky since at these elevations one is looking through a far thicker slice of the atmosphere that when looking straight upwards.

5. Jack London:

   I would rather be ashes than dust I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.