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Meteor

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode

polysemous

Classifications

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
meteoroidshooting star
plural
Meteors
possessive
Meteor's
pluralpossessive
Meteors'