Definition of Perseid

1. n. One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862.

2. n. One of a group of shooting stars appearing annually about the 10th of August. They are probably fragments of Swift's comet 1862 (III).

Definition of Perseid

1. Noun. (astronomy) Any of the meteors in a meteor shower that appears to come from the constellation Perseus. ¹

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Medical Definition of Perseid

1. One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perseid

persecutes
persecutest
persecuteth
persecuting
persecution complex
persecutions
persecutive
persecutor
persecutors
persecutory
persecutory type of paranoid disorder
persecutour
persecutrices
persecutrix
perseid (current term)
perseity
perself
perservere
perses
perseus
persever
perseverance
perseverance of the saints
perseverances
perseverant
perseverantly
perseverate
perseverated
perseverates

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