Definition & Meaning of "meteoroid"in English

Meteoroid

a small celestial body that becomes visible as a meteor upon entrance into the atmosphere of the earth

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Inanimate

Composition

Compound

Countable

singular

not gender specific

Plural form

meteoroids

Examples

A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic object in outer space that is significantly smaller than an asteroid and larger than a micrometeoroid.

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