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Meteoroid
Pronunciation : Me"te*or*oid
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Meteor + -oid.] (Astron.)
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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