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]