meteor storm

collocation in English

meaningsofmeteorandstorm

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meteor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmiː.ti.ɔːr/us
/ˈmiː.t̬i.ɔːr/
a piece of rock or other matter from space that produces a bright light as it travels through ...
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storm
noun
uk
/stɔːm/us
/stɔːrm/
an extreme weather condition with very strong wind, heavy rain, and often thunder ...
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The occasionalmeteorstormis a minor hazard while spelljamming.
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Ameteorstormthen destroys the starboard generator.
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Themeteorstormof 1833 was of truly superlative strength.
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During ameteorstorm, the player must navigate through falling rocks.
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Other teams using the standard model were either unsuccessful, or had to use fitting to past meteor storms to empirically set their prediction parameters.
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These will be the last meteor storms visible in our lifetime.
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A brief summary will be given of the working conditions in the aircraft, the observing conditions during the upcoming meteor storms, and the experiments performed during past missions.
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Although the absence of meteor storms that season confirmed the calculations, the advance of much better computing tools was needed to arrive at reliable predictions.
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Some have occasional weather conditions, such as meteor storms.
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Intense or unusual meteor showers are known as meteor outbursts and meteor storms, which may produce greater than 1,000 meteors an hour.
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