All 7 Uses

meteor
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Childhood's End
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High above, a meteor thrust its shining spear through the dome of the sky.†
Chpt 3 *

meteor = a streak of light in the sky caused by a small space rock burning up in 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 11

meteors = streaks of light in the sky caused by small space rocks burning up in Earth’s atmosphere
The ship of the Overlords came sliding in along its glowing meteor-trail through the heart of Carina.†
Chpt 22

meteor = a streak of light in the sky caused by a small space rock burning up in Earth’s atmosphere

Definitions:

(1) (meteor)
a streak of light in the sky caused by a small space rock (a meteoroid) burning up in Earth’s atmosphere
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)