LEONID METEOR SHOWER

Meaning of LEONID METEOR SHOWER in English

(Astronomy) yearly meteor shower that occurs during the month of November in or near the constellation Leo (peaks dramatically every 33 years with the passing of the comet Tempel-Tuttle)

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LEONID — noun (plural ~s or ~es) Etymology: Latin Leon-, Leo; from their appearing to radiate from a point in Leo Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
METEOR — or shooting star or falling star Streak of light in the sky that results when a particle or small chunk …
Английский словарь Британика
LEONID — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Brezhnev Leonid Ilich Kantorovich Leonid Vitalyevich Lavrovsky Leonid Mikhaylovich Leonid Fyodorovich Miassin
Английский словарь Британика
SHOWER — I. ˈshau̇(ə)r, -au̇ə, esp in the southern US -au̇wə(r noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English shur, shour, showre, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
METEOR — I. ˈmēd.ēə(r), -ētē-, -ēˌȯ(ə)r, -ȯ(ə) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French meteore, from Medieval Latin meteorum, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEONID — ˈlēənə̇d noun ( plural leo·nids or le·on·i·des lēˈänə̇ˌdēz) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin Leon- , Leo + English -id (I); …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
METEOR- — combining form or meteoro- Etymology: Middle French or Greek; Middle French, from Greek meteōr- high in air (from meteōros ), …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEONID — (n.) One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of November at intervals …
Английский словарь Webster
LEONID — ( n. ) One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of November …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHOWER — shower 1 — showerless , adj. — showerlike , adj. /show"euhr/ , n. 1. a brief fall of rain or, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
METEOR — — meteorlike , adj. /mee"tee euhr, -awr'/ , n. 1. Astron. a. a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEONID — /lee"euh nid/ , n. , pl. Leonids, Leonides /lee on"i deez'/ . Astron. any of a shower of meteors occurring …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEONID — n. male first name (Russian)
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SHOWER — I. ˈshau̇(-ə)r noun Etymology: Middle English shour, from Old English scūr; akin to Old High German scūr shower, storm, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
METEOR — noun Etymology: Middle English metheour, from Middle French meteore, from Medieval Latin meteorum, from Greek meteōron, from neuter of meteōros …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEONID — noun ( plural Leonids or Le·on·i·des lē-ˈä-nə-ˌdēz) Etymology: Latin Leon-, Leo; from their appearing to radiate from a point in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHOWER — noun a copious supply bestowed. 2. shower ·noun one who shows or exhibits. 3. shower ·noun that which shows; a …
Webster English vocab
METEOR — noun any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, ·etc. 2. meteor ·noun specif.: a transient …
Webster English vocab
LEONID — noun one of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of november at intervals …
Webster English vocab
SHOWER — [show.er] n [ME shour, fr. OE scur; akin to OHG scur shower, storm, L caurus northwest wind] (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
METEOR — [me.te.or] n [ME, fr. MF meteore, fr. ML meteorum, fr. Gk meteoron, fr. neut. of meteoros high in air, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEONID — [Le.o.nid] n, pl Leonids or Le.on.i.des [L Leon-, Leo; fr. their appearing to radiate from a point in Leo] (1876): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
METEOR — also called Shooting Star, or Falling Star, streak of light in the sky that results when a particle or small …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHOWER — I shower verb; noun 'sudden rain; ~ bath; etc.' BrE AmE ˈʃa ʊ ‿ə AmE ˈʃaʊ‿ ə r ▷ shower|ed …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
METEOR — meteor BrE AmE ˈmiːt i‿ə -ɔː AmE \ ˈmiːt̬ i‿ ə r -ɔːr ▷ meteor|s z ▶ ˈ meteor ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LEONID — Leonid BrE AmE ˈli ː ‿ə ʊ n ɪd ˈleɪ-, § -əd AmE -ən-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHOWER — / ˈʃaʊə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a piece of equipment producing a spray of water that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
METEOR — / ˈmiːtiə(r); NAmE ; -iɔː(r)/ noun a piece of rock from outer space that makes a bright line across the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOWER — I. show ‧ er 1 S2 /ˈʃaʊə $ ʃaʊr/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: scur …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
METEOR — me ‧ te ‧ or /ˈmiːtiə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHOWER — n. & v. --n. 1 a brief fall of esp. rain, hail, sleet, or snow. 2 a a brisk flurry …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
METEOR — n. 1 a small body of matter from outer space that becomes incandescent as a result of friction with the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEONID — n. any of the meteors that seem to radiate from the direction of the constellation Leo. [L leo (see LEO) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHOWER — n. & v. n. 1 a brief fall of esp. rain, hail, sleet, or snow. 2 a a brisk flurry …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
METEOR — n. 1 a small body of matter from outer space that becomes incandescent as a result of friction with the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEONID — n. any of the meteors that seem to radiate from the direction of the constellation Leo. [ L leo (see …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHOWER — n. & v. --n. 1. a brief fall of esp. rain, hail, sleet, or snow. 2 a a brisk flurry …
Oxford English vocab
METEOR — n.1 a small body of matter from outer space that becomes incandescent as a result of friction with the earth's …
Oxford English vocab
LEONID — n. any of the meteors that seem to radiate from the direction of the constellation Leo. Etymology: L leo (see …
Oxford English vocab
SHOWER — ( showers, showering, showered) 1. A shower is a device for washing yourself. It consists of a pipe which ends …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
METEOR — ( meteors) A meteor is a piece of rock or metal that burns very brightly when it enters the earth’s …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOWER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a rain shower ( also a shower of rain British English ) (= a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
METEOR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN shower ▪ On some nights one can see so many of these popularly-called shooting …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
METEOR — shooting star, [informal] falling star [noun] [C] [specialized] - a piece of rock or other matter in space that produces …
Cambridge English vocab
METEOR — n. or shooting star or falling star Streak of light in the sky that results when a particle or small …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LEONID — n. Brezhnev Leonid Ilich Kantorovich Leonid Vitalyevich Lavrovsky Leonid Mikhaylovich Leonid Fyodorovich Miassin
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SHOWER
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
METEOR — Synonyms and related words : aerolite, asteroids, aurora particles, blackout, bolide, chondrite, cosmic dust, cosmic particles, cosmic ray bombardment, fireball, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHOWER — I. noun 1 for washing your body ADJECTIVE ▪ cold , cool ▪ hot , steaming , warm ▪ brief …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
METEOR — noun Meteor is used before these nouns: ↑ crater , ↑ shower
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SHOWER — n. 25B6; noun a shower of rain : (LIGHT) FALL, drizzle, sprinkling, mizzle. a shower of arrows : VOLLEY, hail, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
METEOR — n. 25B6; noun FALLING STAR, shooting star, meteorite, meteoroid, bolide. See list. Meteor Showers April Lyrids Orionids Delta Aquarids Perseids …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
METEOR — A version of COMIT with Lisp-like syntax, written in MIT Lisp 1.5 for the IBM 7090. "METEOR - A List …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
SHOWER — I сущ. 1) тот, кто показывает; демонстратор 2) животное, демонстрирующее на выставке свои качества II 1. сущ. 1) а) ливень, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
METEOR — сущ. 1) метеор 2) атмосферное явление to study the nature of meteors ≈ изучать природу атмосферных явлений метеор - * …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEONID — Leonid
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEONID — Leonid
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHOWER — shower.ogg _I 1. ʹʃaʋə n 1. 1> ливень to be overtaken by /to be caught in/ a shower - попасть …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
METEOR — meteor.ogg ʹmi:tıə n 1. метеор meteor shower - метеорный поток 2. спец. атмосферное явление
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHOWER — 1) ливень 2) душ 3) поливать, орошать • - air-mass shower - hail shower - rain shower - snow shower
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SHOWER — 1) ливень 2) душ 3) поливать, орошать • - air-mass shower - hail shower - rain shower - snow shower
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SHOWER — 1) душ 2) душевой 3) ливень 4) ливневый 5) ливневый дождь • - air-mass shower - cosmic-ray shower - extensive air shower - meteor shower - shower cubicle - shower gate - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
METEOR — 1) метеор 2) метеорический 3) метеорный • meteor burst communication — метеорная связь - meteor burst - meteor hypotheses - meteor shower
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SHOWER — I сущ.1) тот, кто показывает; демонстратор 2) животное, демонстрирующее на выставке свои качества II shower сущ.1) а) ливень, ливневый дождь …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

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