Meaning Of The Word Meteoroid

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meteoroid in American English
any of the many small, solid bodies traveling through outer space, which are seen as meteors when they enter the earth's atmosphere
noun: any of the small bodies, often remnants of comets, traveling through space: when such a body enters the earth's atmosphere it is heated to luminosity and becomes a meteor

meteoroid in British English
noun: any of the small celestial bodies that are thought to orbit the sun, possibly as the remains of comets. When they enter the earth's atmosphere, they become visible as meteors

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