meteor

a. [ Cf. F. météorique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Flashing; transient and brilliant, like a meteor{ 3 }; as, meteoric fame. “Meteoric politician.” Craik. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meteoric iron,
Meteoric stone. (Min.) See Meteorite. --
Meteoric paper, a substance of confervoid origin found floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper; -- so called because formerly supposed to fall from meteors. --
Meteoric showers, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars, occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of November, more rarely in April and December, and also at some other periods. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Meteoric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Flatulent distention of the abdomen; tympanites. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. météorite. ] (Min.) A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aerolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Meteorites usually show a pitted surface with a fused crust, caused by the heat developed in their rapid passage through the earth's atmosphere. A meteorite may consist: 1. Of metallic iron, alloyed with a small percentage of nickel (meteoric iron, holosiderite). When etched this usually exhibits peculiar crystalline figures, called Widmanstätten figures. 2. Of a cellular mass of iron with imbedded silicates (mesosiderite or siderolite). 3. Of a stony mass of silicates with little iron (meteoric stone, sporadosiderite). 4. Of a mass without iron (asiderite). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Gr. &unr_; to raise to a height. ] To ascend in vapors; to take the form of a meteor. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Meteor + -graph. ] An instrument which registers meteorologic phases or conditions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to meteorography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Meteor + -graphy. ] The registration of meteorological phenomena. [ 1913 Webster ]