shooting star
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1. a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode (noun.phenomenon)
| hypernym | : | light, visible light, visible radiation, |
| definition | : | (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation (noun.phenomenon) |
| part meronym | : | meteor shower, meteor stream, |
| definition | : | a transient shower of meteors when a meteor swarm enters the earth's atmosphere (noun.phenomenon) |
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