supermeteor

English

Alternative forms

super-meteor

Etymology

super- +‎ meteor

Noun

supermeteor (plural supermeteors)

(rare) A giant meteor.
- 1910, Life, Volume 55, Part 2‎, Life, page 832:
  The aeroplane shot ahead like a supermeteor.
- 1990, Connecticut Environment‎, Connecticut. Department of Environmental Protection, page 23:
  ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS in astronomy is the (sometimes) seemingly interminable waits between some of the more beautiful celestial phenomena. For instance, if you want to see a solar eclipse, where you not only have to wait for one, but you have to go where it is. If you’re really lucky, you might see one fireball, or supermeteor, in your lifetime. And there are beautiful but infrequent apparitions of Mars, one of which will peak this month.
- 1996, Amitai Etzioni, The New Golden Rule: Community and Morality in a Democratic Society‎, Basic Books, →ISBN, page 52:
  Societies are often warned that they face grave dangers (for instance, oil is about to be exhausted, a supermeteor is approaching, the ratio of dependent to working population is rising rapidly) and hence should take extraordinary measures to protect themselves.

单词	supermeteor
释义	supermeteor English Alternative forms super-meteor Etymology super- +‎ meteor Noun supermeteor (plural supermeteors) (rare) A giant meteor. 1910, Life, Volume 55, Part 2‎, Life, page 832: The aeroplane shot ahead like a supermeteor. 1990, Connecticut Environment‎, Connecticut. Department of Environmental Protection, page 23: ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS in astronomy is the (sometimes) seemingly interminable waits between some of the more beautiful celestial phenomena. For instance, if you want to see a solar eclipse, where you not only have to wait for one, but you have to go where it is. If you’re really lucky, you might see one fireball, or supermeteor, in your lifetime. And there are beautiful but infrequent apparitions of Mars, one of which will peak this month. 1996, Amitai Etzioni, The New Golden Rule: Community and Morality in a Democratic Society‎, Basic Books, →ISBN, page 52: Societies are often warned that they face grave dangers (for instance, oil is about to be exhausted, a supermeteor is approaching, the ratio of dependent to working population is rising rapidly) and hence should take extraordinary measures to protect themselves.
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