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Definition of Bolide
1. Noun. An especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding).
Definition of Bolide
1. n. A kind of bright meteor; a bolis.
Definition of Bolide
1. Noun. Any extraterrestrial body that collides with Earth ¹
2. Noun. An extremely bright meteor ¹
3. Noun. A fireball ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bolide
1. an exploding meteor [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bolide
Literary usage of Bolide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Symons's Meteorological Magazine (1895)
"A bolide OVER CENTRAL ENGLAND. To the Editor of the Meteorological Magazine.
SIR,—With reference to the correspondence on the above subject, which appeared ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1867)
"A bolide is a planet in miniature; a small mass of matter, revolving round ...
Now, suppose the orbit described by a bolide to cross the orbit of the earth, ..."
3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1867)
"A bolide is a planet in miniature; a small mass of matter, revolving round ...
Now, suppose the orbit described by a bolide to cross the orbit of the earth, ..."
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