Both Uses of
meteor
in
Fahrenheit 451
- They don't know that this is all one huge big blazing meteor that makes a pretty fire in space, but that some day it'll have to hit.
p. 100..0 *meteor = a rock from space burning in the earth's atmosphere
- The stars poured over his sight like flaming meteors.
p. 137..1
Definition:
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(meteor) a streak of light in the night sky that results from a space rock burning in the earth's atmosphere
or:
a meteoroid: a small space rock that hit the earth's atmosphere
or:
a meteorite: a stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that reached the earth's surface