meteor storm n.

Had it occurred either a few hours sooner or a few hours later, we, in England, should not have witnessed it. In the former case we should have been on the sheltered part of the earth—to leeward so to speak of the meteor storm; in the latter, though the meteors would have fallen upon portions of the atmosphere above our horizon, it would have been full daylight, and we should have seen no trace of them.

Our next encounter with the meteor-storm will be before daylight, November 14th, 1899, or a little earlier—the point in which the orbits meet not being stationary.

A rapid survey through my peep-holes showed me I was so far right, I was caught in a meteor storm.

There were brilliant showers of Leonids or meteors near the middle of November in the years 1799, 1833, 1866, 1867, and 1868, and it was confidently anticipated that the phenomena would recur in 1899 and 1900, but little or nothing was seen of the expected meteor storm.

Prof. C. P. Olivier finds Leonids are back on old course, and that world will pass through meteor-storm rivaling display of November, 1833.

Meteor Storm Kills Three New Delhi, India.—(U.P.)—A shower of meteoric fragments, accompanied by dazzling lights and rumbling sounds, killed three occupants of a thatched house in a village 50 miles from Jhansi, according to reports here.

I was surgeon of the Aurora when she hit a meteor storm three light-years sun-side of Arcturus five years ago.

An extremely vicious meteor storm came crashing down with a dread violence.

The Zeus IV passed through an unexpected meteor storm, but the ultra-hard carbon fibre and ceramic hull, a byproduct of the most advanced tank armour, proved even more resilient than the designers had hoped.

Packed with powerful performances and setpieces that are little short of awe-inspiring (brace yourself for the meteor storm).