ALL meanings of meteor
me·te·or
M m - noun meteor astronomy: shooting star 1
- noun Definition of meteor in Technology A version of COMIT with Lisp-like syntax, written in MIT Lisp 1.5 for the IBM 7090. "METEOR - A List Interpreter for String Transformation", D.G. Bobrow in The Programming Language LISP and its Interpretation, E.D. and D.G. Bobrow eds, 1964. 1
- noun meteor A small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light. 1
- noun meteor Astronomy. a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere. a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide. 1
- noun meteor any person or object that moves, progresses, becomes famous, etc., with spectacular speed. 1
- noun meteor (formerly) any atmospheric phenomenon, as hail or a typhoon. 1
- noun meteor (initial capital letter) Military. Britain's first operational jet fighter, a twin-engine aircraft that entered service in 1944. 1
- countable noun meteor A meteor is a piece of rock or metal that burns very brightly when it enters the earth's atmosphere from space. 0
- noun meteor a very small meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere. Such objects have speeds approaching 70 kilometres per second 0
- noun meteor the bright streak of light appearing in the sky due to the incandescence of such a body heated by friction at its surface 0
- noun meteor the luminous phenomenon observed when a meteoroid is heated by its entry into the earth's atmosphere; shooting star; falling star 0
- noun meteor a meteoroid or meteorite 0
- noun meteor any atmospheric phenomenon, as precipitation, lightning, or a rainbow 0