Definitions
(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
Word origin
From Middle French météore, from Old French, from Latin meteorum, from Ancient Greek μετέωρον (metéōron), from μετέωρος (metéōros, “raised from the ground, hanging, lofty”), from μετά (metá, “in the midst of, among, between”) (English meta) + ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, to heave, to raise up”).
Used in a sentence
“Europe, where the Sun dares ſcarce appeare, For freezing Meteors and congealed cold: […]”
“The twilight, the meteors call'd fire-balls, or flying dragons, and the northern lights, inhabit the higher regions of the atmosphere.”
“A meteor in the hazy air / Play’d before his path; / Before him now it roll’d / A globe of livid fire […] Anon to Thalaba it mov’d, / And wrapt him in its pale innocuous fire.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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