MICROMETEOROID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does micrometeoroid mean? 

• MICROMETEOROID (noun)
  The noun MICROMETEOROID 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: MICROMETEOROID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROMETEOROID (noun)

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 ("micrometeoroid" is a kind of...):

meteorite (stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface)

 Context examples 

Tiny particles can get electrically charged by ultraviolet light from the Sun or by plasma clouds emanating from micrometeoroid bombardment of the rings.

(Saturn is Losing Its Rings, NASA)