Meaning Of The Word Meteor shower

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meteor shower in American English
the effect produced by a group of meteoroids, probably the debris left by the passage of a comet, coming from the same area in the sky
noun: the profusion of meteors observed when the earth passes through a meteor swarm

meteor shower in British English
noun: a transient rain of meteors, such as the Perseids, occurring at regular intervals and coming from a particular region in the sky. It is caused by the earth passing through a large number of meteoroids (a meteor swarm)

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