meteor showernoun [ C ]
/ˈmiː.ti.ɔː ˌʃaʊ.ər//ˈmiː.t̬i.ɔːr ˌʃaʊ.ɚ/an occasion when a number of meteors (= pieces of matter in space that produce a bright light as they travel) move fast across the sky at night:
The Orionids are one of two annual meteor showers.
This could be the best meteor shower that anybody alive today will ever see.
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- No significant meteor shower takes place in September.
- Astronomers began looking at what causes meteor showers.
- No meteor shower can compare to the one seen in 1833.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Astronomy
- asteroid
- astral
- astro-
- astrolabe
- astronomer
- geostationary orbit
- gibbous
- heavenly body
- interplanetary
- interstellar
- Pleiades
- plough
- Pluto
- Polaris
- pulsar
- Uranus
- Venus
- vernal equinox
- wane
- white dwarf
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