me ‧ te ‧ or /ˈmiːtiə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: météore , from Medieval Latin meteorum , from Greek meteoron 'something in the sky' , from meteoros 'high in air' ]
a piece of rock or metal that travels through space, and makes a bright line in the night sky when it falls down towards the Earth:
Astronomers track large meteors using radar.
a meteor shower (=a lot of meteors that fall down towards the Earth at the same time)