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[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: meteore, from Medieval Latin meteorum, from Greek meteoron 'something in the sky', from meteoros 'high in air']
a piece of rock or metal that travels through space, and makes a bright line in the night sky when it falls down towards the Earth
::Astronomers track large meteors using radar.
::a meteor shower (=a lot of meteors that fall down towards the Earth at the same time)