- a variation of meteor shower.
meteoric shower
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of meteoric shower
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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So science has had to come up with an explanation, and the answer currently favoured is - a meteoric shower.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2013
"The theory is that after the core formed there was a meteoric shower that struck the Earth," says Willbold.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2013
While the precious fallout from this meteoric shower lay scattered on the surface of the moon, on Earth the planet's internal activity had churned it into the mantle too.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2013
There is little doubt that these fragments formed part of a meteoric shower, although no record exists as to when the fall took place.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
In 1868, in the great meteoric shower, she and her pupils recorded the paths of four thousand meteors, and gave valuable data of their height above the earth.
From Lives of Girls Who Became Famous by Bolton, Sarah Knowles
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