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Definition of meteor noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

meteor

noun
 
/ˈmiːtiə(r)/,
 
/ˈmiːtiɔː(r)/
 
/ˈmiːtiər/,
 
/ˈmiːtiɔːr/
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  1. a piece of rock from outer space that makes a bright line across the night sky as it burns up while falling through the earth’s atmosphere
    • a meteor shower
    see also shooting starTopics Spacec1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMeteor is used before these nouns:
    • crater
    • shower
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting any atmospheric phenomenon): from modern Latin meteorum, from Greek meteōron, neuter (used as a noun) of meteōros ‘lofty’.
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