METEOR STREAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meteor stream mean? 

• METEOR STREAM (noun)
  The noun METEOR STREAM has 1 sense:

1. a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere

  Familiarity information: METEOR STREAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METEOR STREAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

meteor shower; meteor stream

Hypernyms ("meteor stream" is a kind of...):

atmospheric phenomenon (a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere)

Meronyms (parts of "meteor stream"):

meteor; shooting star (a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode)