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# meteoroid

«meteoroid» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small rock or bit of metal travelling through space…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a meteoroid, meteoroids)

### meaning for a pupil

A small rock or bit of metal travelling through space, smaller than an asteroid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meteoroid/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons pupils learn three linked words: a meteoroid is the rock in space, a meteor is the streak of light when it burns up in our air (a «shooting star»), and a meteorite is a piece that lands on the ground. Phrases: «meteoroid, meteor and meteorite».

### examples

- A meteoroid travels very fast through space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meteoroid/#x1)
- When a meteoroid enters the atmosphere, it becomes a meteor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meteoroid/#x2)
- Most meteoroids are no bigger than a grain of sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meteoroid/#x3)
- If a bit survives and lands, it is a meteorite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meteoroid/#x4)
- Meteoroids can damage satellites. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meteoroid/#x5)

### note

Countable. Common trap: meteoroid (space) vs meteor (light in the sky) vs meteorite (on the ground). Shooting stars are not stars.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «meteoroid» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meteoroid/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.