What is the meaning of meteor?

noun

  • Astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere.
  • 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.
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