Definition of Meteoric

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions. "Meteoric (or meteorological) phenomena"

Exact synonyms: Meteorologic, Meteorological
Partainyms: Meteorology, Meteorology, Meteorology
Derivative terms: Meteorology, Meteorology

2. Adjective. Pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids. "Meteoric impacts"
Derivative terms: Meteor
Partainyms: Meteoroid

3. Adjective. Like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience. "A meteoric rise to fame"
Similar to: Fast

Definition of Meteoric

1. a. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.

Definition of Meteoric

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or originating from a meteor. ¹

2. Adjective. Like a meteor in speed, brilliance, or ephemeralness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Meteoric

1. meteor [adj] - See also: meteor

Medical Definition of Meteoric

1. 1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones. 2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions. 3. Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame. "Meteoric politician." Meteoric iron, Meteoric stone. See Meteorite. Meteoric paper, a substance of confervoid origin found floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper; so called because formerly supposed to fall from meteors. Meteoric showers, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars, occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of November, more rarely in April and December, and also at some other periods. Origin: Cf. F. Meteorique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Meteoric

metencephala
metencephalic
metencephalin
metencephalins
metencephalon
metencephalons
metenkephalin
metensomatoses
metensomatosis
meteor
meteor shower
meteor showers
meteor stream
meteor swarm
meteoric (current term)
meteoric water
meteorical
meteorically
meteorism
meteorite
meteorites
meteoritic
meteoritical
meteoriticist
meteoriticists
meteoritics
meteorize
meteorized
meteorizes

Literary usage of Meteoric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"meteoric cosmogonies thus distinguished two periods: the Cartesian and the Newtonian. The quiet machinery of Laplace's annulation is preceded by a primeval ..."

2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1840)
"meteoric Showers. The most remarkable display of shooting stars on record, ... Immediately after the occurrence of this great meteoric shower, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"meteoric stones containing metallic iron are much more numerous than those ... Meteorites are divided into two classes, distinguished as meteoric Iron, ..."

4. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"... and that Sir William Thomson would make a communication to the section on the possibility of life on a meteoric stone falling on the earth. ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1883)
"Granting for a moment that meteoric dust exists, that dust would accumulate in the desert as well as anywhere else, we should expect that some of the ..."

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