tähdenlento — meaning in English
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English meaning
- meteor noun A streak of light in the night sky caused by a small piece of space debris burning up as it enters Earth’s atmosphere; a shooting star.
Senses
tähdenlento is used for these senses in English:
- flash in the pan A transient occurrence with no long-term impact.
- meteor A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star. [from 16th c.]
- shooting star A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.