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meteor stream

n. a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere [syn: meteor shower]

Usage examples of "meteor stream".

His theory predicted that anything of that size coming close to Tellus would be associated with a meteor stream.

Using it, a patrol ship surveying the Rhymer passage could change its message and add warning of a newly discovered meteor stream, the future approach of a burned-out solar system, or a new patch of cosmic dust.

It's a meteor stream that intersects the Earth's orbit every year just before the middle of August .