meteor swarm


nounAstronomy.
  1. any large number of meteoroids moving in parallel paths.

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How to use meteor swarm in a sentence

  • If it were set back in its orbit by ten months' motion, it would be a part of the meteor swarm.

    A Text-Book of Astronomy | George C. Comstock
  • The Plumie ship had been concealed by the meteor swarm of a totally unknown comet.

    The Aliens | Murray Leinster
  • He cut speed and eased the Sunsprite down into that thinner area of the meteor-swarm.

  • In the pale sky overhead, there were ceaseless gleams and flashes of light as the spinning meteor-swarm reflected the sunlight.

  • By the time an hour had passed, the Falcon had groped out through the periodic break in the meteor-swarm around the asteroid.