ASTEROID


Meaning of ASTEROID in English

/ ˈæstərɔɪd; NAmE / noun

any one of the many small planets which go around the sun

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WORD ORIGIN

early 19th cent.: from Greek asteroeidēs starlike, from astēr star.

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