Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Meteoric"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Meteoric \Me`te*or"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]t['e]orique.]
1. Of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric,
as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.
2. Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions.
3. Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as,
meteoric fame. ``Meteoric politician.'' --Craik.
{Meteoric iron}, {Meteoric stone}. (Min.) See {Meteorite}.
{Meteoric paper}, a substance of confervoid origin found
floating in the air, and resembling bits of coarse paper;
-- so called because formerly supposed to fall from
meteors.
{Meteoric showers}, periodical exhibitions of shooting stars,
occuring about the 9th or 10th of August and 13th of
November, more rarely in April and December, and also at
some other periods.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
meteoric
adj 1: of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially
weather and weather conditions; "meteorological
factors"; "meteorological chart"; "meteoric (or
meteorological) phenomena" [syn: {meteorologic}, {meteorological}]
2: pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids;
"meteoric shower"; "meteoric impacts"
3: like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience; "a
meteoric rise to fame"
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