Quadrantids

[ kwo-dran-tidz ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower Quadrantidmeteorshower visible around January 31 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Boötes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Quadrantids¹

1875–80; < New Latin Quadrant- (stem of Quadrāns, in Quadrāns ( Mūrālis ) (mural) quadrant, obsolete constellation name) + -id ¹ + -s ³