noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of superbolide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
Examples
- 2013 April 1, Richard Miles, "2013 February 15: the day of the asteroids!," at thefreelibrary.com This 'hyperbolide' may have been the most energetic such event known since that 1908 explosion, the latter having devastated more than two thousand square kilometres of Siberian forest.
- 2004 May 4, "Could a nuke make Yellowstone Caldera erupt?), " at ask.metafilter.com When I was a geology student in Bozeman there was a good deal of talk about setting off the Yellowstone hotspot by pumping beer (undergrads!) into the substrate resulting in an increase in pore pressure and a corresponding increase in seismic activity. Good times. Also, Alt and Hyndeman, IIRC, at UM--Missoula did some work on hyperbolide impact volcanism or terrestrial maria.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: superbolide
Antonyms: none provided