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meteor

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Noun

a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode

(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere

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Synonyms:
shooting star meteoroid

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