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SHOOTING STAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
Synonyms:
meteor; shooting star
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("shooting star" is a kind of...):
light; visible light; visible radiation ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shooting star"):
bolide; fireball (an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding))
Holonyms ("shooting star" is a part of...):
meteor shower; meteor stream (a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere)
