QUADRANTID


Meaning of QUADRANTID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kwä-ˈdran-təd ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Quadrant-, Quadrans ( Muralis ) mural quadrant, a group of stars in the constellation Draco from which the shower appears to radiate

Date: 1876

: any of a group of meteors that appear annually about January 3

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