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Definition of Meteors
1. meteor [n] - See also: meteor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meteors
Literary usage of Meteors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"meteors are of various kinds. Some are produced simply by a disturbance of the
equilibrium of the atmospheric fluid, and are called aerial meteors. ..."
2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1887)
"Indeed the months of September, October, and November appear to have furnished,
relatively to the number of meteors catalogued, by far the greatest number ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1870)
"The occurrences of new aerolites and of other large meteors are ... The characteristic
appearances of the meteors, both as to magnitudes and to the ..."
4. An Introduction to Astronomy by Forest Ray Moulton (1916)
"en. x, 206] COMETS AND meteors nearly 3000 other less conspicuous ones have been
found. The Perseids appear for a week or more near the middle of August, ..."
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