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METEORIC

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience

Example:

a meteoric rise to fame

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

fast (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids

Example:

meteoric impacts

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

meteoroid ((astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere)

Derivation:

meteor ((astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions

Example:

meteoric (or meteorological) phenomena

Synonyms:

meteoric; meteorologic; meteorological

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

meteorology (the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather))

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