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MICROMETEOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does micrometeor mean?
• MICROMETEOR (noun)
The noun MICROMETEOR has 1 sense:
1. a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere
Familiarity information: MICROMETEOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
micrometeor; micrometeorite; micrometeoroid
Hypernyms ("micrometeor" is a kind of...):
meteorite (stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface)
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