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A meteor or atmospheric phenomenon dependent upon the vapor of water; -- in the pl., a general term for the whole aqueous phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, snow, hail, etc. Nichol.

Of or pertaining to hydrometeorology, or to rain, clouds, storms, etc.

That branch of meteorology which relates to, or treats of, water in the atmosphere, or its phenomena, as rain, clouds, snow, hail, storms, etc.

Any apparatus recording meteorological phenomena at a distance from the measuring apparatus, as by electricity or by compressed air; esp., an apparatus recording conditions at many distant stations at a central office. -- Tel`e*me`te*or*o*graph"ic (#), a.

A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone.

Of or pertaining to aërolites; meteoric; as, aërolitic iron. Booth.

A mass of meteoric iron.

A meteor appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Andromeda, -- whence the name.

Aurora borealis (, i. e., northern daybreak; popularly called northern lights. A luminous meteoric phenomenon, visible only at night, and supposed to be of electrical origin. This species of light usually appears in streams, ascending toward the zenith from a dusky line or bank, a few degrees above the northern horizon…

A meteorite, or similar rude stone artificially shaped, held sacred or worshiped as of divine origin.

nt, discovered by Biela in 1826, which revolves around the sun in 6.6 years. The November meteors (Andromedes or Bielids) move in its orbit, and may be fragments of the comet.

A kind of meteor; a bolis.

A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.

gether; resembling breccia in appearance. The brecciated appearance of many specimens [of meteorites]. H. A. Newton.

A meteoric stone characterized by the presence of chondrules.

Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.

ally enstatite or chrysolite, found imdedded more or less aboundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites.

A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.

ne which a descending line makes with a horizontal plane. -- Depression of the dewpoint (Meteor.), the number of degreees that the dew-point is lower than the actual temperature of the atmosphere. -- Depression of the pole, its apparent sinking, as the spectator goes toward the equator. -- Depression of the visible…

convex surfaces exposed to the wind. This kite was extensively used by Eddy in his famous meteorological experiments. It is now generally superseded by the box kite.