Definition of Meteoraid
Me"te*or*oid (mē"t&esl;*&etilde;r*oid),
n. [Meteor + -oid.] (Astron.)
A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun,
which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and
appear as a meteor.
These bodies [small, solid bodies] before they come
into the air, I call meteoroids. H. A.
Newton.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a solar system
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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