Found 2 items, similar to Meteoroid.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: meteoroid
meteoroid
n : (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies
that hits the earth's atmosphere [syn:
meteor]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Meteoroid
Meteoroid
\Me"te*or*oid\ (m[=e]"t[-e]*[~e]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.
[1913 Webster]
These bodies [small, solid bodies] before they come
into the air, I call meteoroids. --H. A.
Newton.
[1913 Webster]