bolide

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B0374100 (bō′līd, -lĭd)n. A meteoric flash or flare created when a meteoroid explodes or vaporizes as it passes through Earth's atmosphere. Also called fireball.

[French, from Latin bolis, bolid-, kind of meteor, from Greek, missile, flash (of lightning), from ballein, to throw; see g^welə- in Indo-European roots.]

bolide

(ˈbəʊlaɪd; -lɪd) n (Astronomy) a large exceptionally bright meteor that often explodes. Also called: fireball [C19: from French, from bolis missile; see ballista]

bo•lide

(ˈboʊ laɪd, -lɪd)

n. a large, brilliant meteor, esp. one that explodes; fireball. [1850–55; < French < Greek bolid- (s. of bolís) missile]

bolide

A large and extremely bright meteor.

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Noun

bolide - an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)fireballshooting star, meteor - 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

Translations

болидметеорит

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bolide:

see fireballfireball,
very bright meteor leaving a trail in the sky that can remain visible for several minutes; often a distinct sound, perhaps caused by very low frequency radio waves, is associated with it.
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(boh -lÿd) A brilliant meteor that appears to explode, i.e. a detonating fireball. The brighter ones are caused by ablating meteorites that subsequently fall to Earth. About 5000 bolides occur in the Earth's atmosphere each year.

Bolide

a bright meteor with pronounced angular dimensions. The most brilliant bolides may be visible even in daylight; at night, the mantle and the tail are visible. Bolides leave a trail of ionizing gases and dust. The flight of a bolide may be accompanied by acoustic phenomena and sometimes terminates in the fall of a meteorite.

bolide

[′bō‚līd] (astronomy) A brilliant meteor, especially one which explodes; a detonating fireball meteor.

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noun an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)

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