METEOROIDS

Noun

meteoroids

plural of meteoroid

Anagrams

• steroidome

Source: Wiktionary


METEOROID

Me"te*or*oid, n. Etym: [Meteor + -oid.] (Astron.)

Definition: A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor. These bodies [small, solid bodies] before they come into the air, I call meteoroids. H. A. Newton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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