meteor: Meaning and Definition of

me•te•or

1. a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere.
2. a transient fiery streak in the sky produced by a meteoroid passing through the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or bolide.
2. any person or object that moves, progresses, becomes famous, etc., with spectacular speed.
3. (formerly) any atmospheric phenomenon, as hail or a typhoon.
4. (cap.)Britain's first operational jet fighter, a twin-engine aircraft that entered service in 1944.

meteor.

1. meteorological.
2. meteorology.