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enon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc. Hail, an ordinary meteor. Bp. Hall.

Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.

Meteoric.

Flatulent distention of the abdomen; tympanites.

A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aërolite.

To ascend in vapors; to take the form of a meteor. Evelyn.

An instrument which registers meteorologic phases or conditions.

Of or pertaining to meteorography.

The registration of meteorological phenomena.

ut the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor. These bodies [small, solid bodies] before they come into the air, I call meteoroids. H. A. Newton.

Of or pertaining to a meteoroid or to meteoroids.

A meteoric stone; an aërolite; a meteorite.

Of or pertaining to the atmosphere and its phenomena, or to meteorology. Meteorological table, Meteorological register, a table or register exhibiting the state of the air and its temperature, weight, dryness, moisture, motion, etc.

A person skilled in meteorology.

The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc.

A species of divination by meteors, chiefly by thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by the Romans.

An apparatus which transmits automatically to a central station atmospheric changes as marked by the anemometer, barometer, thermometer, etc.

An astrolabe; a planisphere. [Obs.]

Of the nature or appearance of a meteor.

The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather. -- As`*tro*me`te*or`o*log"ic*al, a. -- As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gist, n.