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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 me·te·or·ic /ˌmitiˈɔrɪk, ˈɑr-/
 (a.)流星的,疾速的,大氣的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Me·te·or·ic a.
 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; transient and brilliant, like a meteor3; as, meteoric fame. “Meteoric politician.”
 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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"