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A phenomenon occurring when many meteors are seen on Earth during a short period of time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: meteor stream
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: atmospheric phenomenon
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Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
meteoorreën
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Armenian:
ասուպների հոսք
(asupneri hoskʻ)
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Bengali:
উল্কা বৃষ্টি
(ulka briśṭi)
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Bulgarian:
метеори́тен дъжд
(meteoríten dǎžd)
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Catalan:
pluja de meteors
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Chinese Cantonese:
流星雨
(lau4 sing1 jyu5)
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Chinese Mandarin:
流星雨
(liúxīngyǔ)
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Czech:
meteorický roj
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Danish:
meteorregn
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Danish:
meteorsværm
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Dutch:
meteorenzwerm
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Esperanto:
meteorfluo
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Estonian:
meteoorivool
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Finnish:
meteoriparvi
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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French:
pluie de météores
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Galician:
chuvia de meteoros
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Georgian:
მეტეორული ნაკადი
(meṭeoruli naḳadi)
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Georgian:
მეტეორთა ნაკადი
(meṭeorta naḳadi)
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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German:
Meteorstrom
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Gujarati:
ઉલ્કાવૃષ્ટિ
(ulkāvŕṣṭi)
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Hebrew:
מטר מטאורים
(matár-mete'órim)
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Hindi:
उल्का वर्षा
(ulkā varṣā)
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Hindi:
उल्कापात
(ulkāpāt)
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Hungarian:
meteorzápor
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Irish:
dreigechith
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Italian:
sciame meteorico
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Japanese:
流星群
(ryūseigun)
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Kazakh:
метеор жауындары
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Korean:
유성우
(yuseong'u)
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Latvian:
meteoru plūsma
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Macedonian:
метеорски дожд
(meteorski dožd)
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Norwegian:
meteorregn
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Norwegian:
meteorsverm
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Persian:
بارش شهابی
(bâreš-e šahâbi)
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Polish:
rój meteorów
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Portuguese:
chuva de meteoros
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Portuguese:
chuva de estrelas
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Romanian:
ploaie de stele
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Russian:
метеорный поток
(meteornyj potok)
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Serbo-Croatian:
meteorski pljusak
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Serbo-Croatian:
метеорски пљусак
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Slovak:
meteorický roj
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Slovene:
meteorski roj
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Spanish:
lluvia de meteoros
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Spanish:
lluvia de estrellas
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Swedish:
meteorregn
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Swedish:
meteorsvärm
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Swedish:
meteorskur
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Thai:
ฝนดาวตก
(fǒn-daao-dtòk)
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Turkish:
meteor yağmuru
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period
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Vietnamese:
mưa sao băng
— Meteors seen on Earth for short time period