Perseid

[ pur-see-id ]

/ ˈpɜr si ɪd /

noun Astronomy.

any of a shower of meteors appearing in August and radiating from a point in the constellation Perseus.

Origin of Perseid

First recorded in 1870–75; Perseus + -id¹; modeled on Italian Perseidi (plural), a term coined or used by Giovanni Schiaparelli

Words nearby Perseid

perse, persecute, persecution, persecution complex, persecutory, Perseid, perseity, Persephone, Persepolis, Perses, Perseus

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Example sentences from the Web for Perseid

For this reason, Leverrier pronounced, in 1867, the Perseid to be of older formation than the Leonid system.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century|Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
A dawdling August Perseid scratched a thin mark of light across the blackness.
Vigorish|Gordon Randall Garrett
The Perseid meteors sometimes fall at the rate of about sixty per hour.
Astronomy of To-day|Cecil G. Dolmage
Secondly, that it was a new power which he erected, and that he was not merely the transferee of the power of the Perseid line.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3|W. E. Gladstone

British Dictionary definitions for Perseid

Perseid

/ (ˈpɜːsɪɪd) /

noun

any member of a meteor shower occurring annually around August 12th and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Perseus

Word Origin for Perseid

C19: from Greek Persēides daughters of Perseus 1

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单词	perseid
释义	Perseid [ pur-see-id ] / ˈpɜr si ɪd / noun Astronomy. any of a shower of meteors appearing in August and radiating from a point in the constellation Perseus. Origin of Perseid First recorded in 1870–75; Perseus + -id¹; modeled on Italian Perseidi (plural), a term coined or used by Giovanni Schiaparelli Words nearby Perseid perse, persecute, persecution, persecution complex, persecutory, Perseid, perseity, Persephone, Persepolis, Perses, Perseus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Perseid For this reason, Leverrier pronounced, in 1867, the Perseid to be of older formation than the Leonid system. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century\|Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke A dawdling August Perseid scratched a thin mark of light across the blackness. Vigorish\|Gordon Randall Garrett The Perseid meteors sometimes fall at the rate of about sixty per hour. Astronomy of To-day\|Cecil G. Dolmage Secondly, that it was a new power which he erected, and that he was not merely the transferee of the power of the Perseid line. Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3\|W. E. Gladstone British Dictionary definitions for Perseid Perseid / (ˈpɜːsɪɪd) / noun any member of a meteor shower occurring annually around August 12th and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Perseus Word Origin for Perseid C19: from Greek Persēides daughters of Perseus 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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