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Perseid Astron.|ˈpɜːsiːɪd|
[ad. mod.L. Persēis, pl. Persēïdēs, Gr. Περσηίς, pl. -ίδες, daughter of Perseus.]
In pl., A group of meteors which appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus. Also attrib.
1876G. F. Chambers Astron. 799 The meteors of the shower were first named Perseids by Schiaparelli in the year 1866. 1893Kirkman in Astron. & Astro-Physics xii. 791 History of the great comet of 1862, and of the thence derived shower of Perseid meteors. |