meteoric shower
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meteoric shower — noun see meteor shower * * * Astron. See meteor shower. [1825 35] * * * meteor shower, meteoric shower, meteor storm or meteoric storm noun The profusion of meteors visible as the earth passes through a meteor swarm • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
meteoric shower — meteorų liūtis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. meteor shower; meteoric shower vok. Meteorfall, m; Sternschuppenfall, m rus. метеорный дождь, m; метеорный поток, m pranc. averse météorique, f; pluie d’étoiles filantes, f; pluie… … Fizikos terminų žodynas
meteoric storm — meteor shower, meteoric shower, meteor storm or meteoric storm noun The profusion of meteors visible as the earth passes through a meteor swarm • • • Main Entry: ↑meteor … Useful english dictionary
meteoric — /mitiˈɒrɪk / (say meetee orik) adjective 1. relating to or like a meteor. 2. consisting of meteors: a meteoric shower. 3. flashing like a meteor; transiently brilliant: a meteoric career. 4. swift or rapid. 5. of the atmosphere; meteorological.… …
meteor shower — Astron. the profusion of meteors observed when the earth passes through a meteor swarm. Also, meteoric shower. [1875 80] * * * Entry into Earth s atmosphere of multiple meteoroids (see meteor), traveling in parallel paths, usually spread over… … Universalium
meteor shower — meteorų liūtis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. meteor shower; meteoric shower vok. Meteorfall, m; Sternschuppenfall, m rus. метеорный дождь, m; метеорный поток, m pranc. averse météorique, f; pluie d’étoiles filantes, f; pluie… … Fizikos terminų žodynas
meteor storm — meteor shower, meteoric shower, meteor storm or meteoric storm noun The profusion of meteors visible as the earth passes through a meteor swarm • • • Main Entry: ↑meteor … Useful english dictionary
fireball — Synonyms and related words: Jupiter Fulgur, Thor, aerolite, alcohol, ball lightning, benzine, bolide, bolt, bolt of lightning, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, chain lightning, charcoal, chondrite, coal, coke, combustible, cosmic dust, dark… … Moby Thesaurus
meteor — Synonyms and related words: aerolite, asteroids, aurora particles, blackout, bolide, chondrite, cosmic dust, cosmic particles, cosmic ray bombardment, fireball, intergalactic matter, meteor crater, meteor dust, meteor dust impacts, meteor shower … Moby Thesaurus
radiant — Synonyms and related words: ablaze, aerolite, aglow, alight, all knowing, all powerful, all seeing, all wise, almighty, arbor, axis, axle, axle bar, axle shaft, axle spindle, axle tree, beaming, beamy, beatific, beatified, blazing, blessed,… … Moby Thesaurus
