meteoroid
pronunciation
How to pronounce meteoroid in British English:
UK ['mi:tjərɔɪd]
How to pronounce meteoroid in American English:
US ['mitɪərˌɔɪd]
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- Noun:
- (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
Word Origin
- meteoroid (n.)
- "rock floating in space, which becomes a meteor when it enters Earth's atmosphere," formed in English, 1865, from meteor + -oid.