meteor shower

meteor shower
A phenomenon occurring when many meteors are seen on Earth during a short period of time.

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  • meteor shower — Why did the alien take soap into space with him? In case he ran into a meteor shower …   English expressions

  • Meteor Shower (TV series) — Meteor Shower (流星雨) Also known as Meteor Shower, Liuxing Yu, Meteor Rain, Hana Yori Dango (Mainland Version), Meteor Garden (Mainland Version) Genre Romance Comedy Starring Zheng Shuang Zhang Han Yu Haoming Wei Chen Zhu Zixiao Tan Lina …   Wikipedia

  • meteor shower — noun a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth s atmosphere • Syn: ↑meteor stream • Hypernyms: ↑atmospheric phenomenon • Part Meronyms: ↑meteor, ↑shooting star …   Useful english dictionary

  • meteor shower — me′teor show er n. astron. the profusion of meteors observed when the earth passes through a swarm of meteors • Etymology: 1875–80 …   From formal English to slang

  • meteor shower — /ˈmitiə ʃaʊə/ (say meeteeuh showuh) noun a celestial event in which a group of meteoroids enter the earth s atmosphere at high speed, burning and incandescing from the friction, and appearing as streaks of light radiating from a particular area… …  

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