Meteoric

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


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     3. Flashing; transient and brilliant, like a meteor[3]; as,
        meteoric fame. "Meteoric politician." --Craik.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  meteoric
       adj 1: of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially
              weather and weather conditions; "meteorological
              factors"; "meteorological chart"; "meteoric (or
              meteorological) phenomena" [syn: {meteorologic}, {meteorological}]
       2: pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids;
          "meteoric shower"; "meteoric impacts"
       3: like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience; "a
          meteoric rise to fame"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "meteoric":
     Cynthian, ablaze, aflame, anagalactic, asteroidal, astral,
     astrologic, astrologistic, astrologous, astronomic, astrophysical,
     blazing, brief, brilliant, brisk, burning, celestial,
     circumplanetary, cislunar, cometary, dazzling, empyreal, empyrean,
     ephemeral, equinoctial, evanescent, extragalactic, flaming,
     flaring, flashing, flashy, fleet, fleeting, flickering, fulgurant,
     fulgurating, galactic, heavenly, heliacal, impermanent,
     intercosmic, interplanetary, intersidereal, interstellar, lunar,
     lunary, lunate, lunular, lunulate, meteoritic, momentary, nebular,
     nebulose, nebulous, overnight, planetal, planetarian, planetary,
     planetesimal, quick, semilunar, sensational, short,
     short and sweet, short-lived, short-term, short-termed, sidereal,
     solar, spectacular, speedy, sphery, star-spangled, star-studded,
     starry, stellar, stellary, swift, temporary, terrestrial,
     transient, transitory, uranic, zodiacal