MICROMETEOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does micrometeor mean? 

• MICROMETEOR (noun)
  The noun MICROMETEOR has 1 sense:

1. a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere

  Familiarity information: MICROMETEOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROMETEOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

micrometeor; micrometeorite; micrometeoroid

Hypernyms ("micrometeor" is a kind of...):

meteorite (stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface)