meteoroid : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: meteoroid	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for meteoroid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meteoroid n (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere Synonym(s): meteoroid, meteor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meteoroid \Me"teoroid\, 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.