Language:
Free Online Dictionary|3Dict

Meteoric paper

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Meteoric \Me`te*or"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]t['e]orique.]
   1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric,
      as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.

   2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions.

   3. Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as,
      meteoric fame. ``Meteoric politician.'' --Craik.

   {Meteoric iron}, {Meteoric stone}. (Min.) See {Meteorite}.

   {Meteoric paper}, a substance of confervoid origin found
      floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper;
      -- so called because formerly supposed to fall from
      meteors.

   {Meteoric showers}, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars,
      occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of
      November, more rarely in April and December, and also at
      some other periods.
Sort by alphabet : A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z