All 7 Uses of
meteor
in
Childhood's End
- High above, a meteor thrust its shining spear through the dome of the sky.†
Chpt 3 *meteor = a small space rock that burns in the earth's atmosphere
- It's a very ug1y house," said Jean Morrel as the Meteor spiralled down.†
Chpt 7
- They floated to rest between another Meteor and something that neither of them could identify.†
Chpt 7
- Only a meteor sliding down through Eridanus.†
Chpt 8
- The great luminous fish suddenly flashed on all its lights in a frantic signal of alarm, and departed like a meteor Into the darkness of the abyss.†
Chpt 11
- It came from the storm-scarred flanks of the Andes, from the bodies of a billion living creatures, from the dust of meteors that had wandered through space for ages and had come at last to rest.†
Chpt 11meteors = small space rocks that burn in the earth's atmosphere
- The ship of the Overlords came sliding in along its glowing meteor-trail through the heart of Carina.†
Chpt 22meteor = a small space rock that burns in the earth's atmosphere
Definition:
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
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