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Meaning of "bolide" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BOLIDE

From French, from bolis missile.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BOLIDE

bolide  [ˈbəʊlaɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOLIDE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bolide is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOLIDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bolide

Bolide is a term related to meteors and meteorites. There is no consensus on the definition of a bolide, so there are specific definitions used by several groups and fields. One definition describes a bolide as a fireball reaching an apparent magnitude of −14 or brighter. Another definition describes a bolide as any generic large crater-forming impacting body whose composition is unknown. A very bright meteor of an apparent magnitude of −14 or brighter The word bolide comes from Greek βολίς bolis, which means missile.

Definition of bolide in the English dictionary

The definition of bolide in the dictionary is a large exceptionally bright meteor that often explodes Also called: fireball.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOLIDE


allied
əˈlaɪd
applied
əˈplaɪd
backslide
ˈbækˌslaɪd
Clyde
klaɪd
collide
kəˈlaɪd
complied
kəmˈplaɪd
elide
ɪˈlaɪd
glide
ɡlaɪd
halide
ˈhælaɪd
implied
ɪmˈplaɪd
Inverclyde
ˌɪnvəˈklaɪd
landslide
ˈlændˌslaɪd
mudslide
ˈmʌdˌslaɪd
nuclide
ˈnjuːklaɪd
paraglide
ˈpærəɡlaɪd
plied
plaɪd
radionuclide
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈnjuːklaɪd
rockslide
ˈrɒkˌslaɪd
slide
slaɪd
tailslide
ˈteɪlˌslaɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOLIDE

bole
bolection
bolero
bolero jacket
bolete
boleti
boletus
Boleyn
Bolger
boline
Bolingbroke
Bolivar
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Bolivia
Bolivian
boliviano
boll
boll weevil
bollard

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOLIDE

acetylide
acid halide
acyl halide
colour slide
cross-slide
downslide
foefie slide
hair slide
lantern slide
let slide
off-glide
on-glide
palais glide
snowslide
water slide

Synonyms and antonyms of bolide in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bolide» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOLIDE

Find out the translation of bolide to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bolide from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bolide» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

火流星
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bólido
570 millions of speakers

English

bolide
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Bolide
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشهاب المتفجر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

болид
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bólido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bolide
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bolide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bolide
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bolide
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

火球
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불덩이 유성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bolide
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sao băng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bolide
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बोलाइड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yarış arabası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bolide
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bolid
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

болід
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bolid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bolide
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bolide
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bolide
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Bolide
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bolide

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOLIDE»

The term «bolide» is regularly used and occupies the 56.449 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOLIDE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bolide» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bolide» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bolide

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOLIDE»

Discover the use of bolide in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bolide and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dinosaurs, Diamonds, and Things from Outer Space: The Great ...
A small bolide is slowed down by its passage through the atmosphere and either burns up completely in the atmosphere as a meteor or else lands on earth, where it makes no crater. A larger bolide, with a lower surface-area-to-mass ratio, ...
David Brez Carlisle, 1995
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New Scientist
An impact of a 10-km bolide would be a violent event. John O'Keefe and Thomas Ahrens of Caltech, Pasadena, have described the mechanics of such an impact for the postulated Cretaceous-Tertiary event. The energy generated would ...
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Meteorites: Flux with Time and Impact Effects
Selectivity as a criterion to identify extinction event causes Although the stage- level associations between bolide impact numbers and size and sea-level regression do not appear to be significant given present data, there are many problems ...
Monica M. Grady, 1998
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Mass Extinctions and Their Aftermath
Causes of the extinctions Bolide impact As already noted, the suggestion that the F-F crisis was caused by a bolide impact has long standing (McLaren 1970) and predates the end-Cretaceous scenario by a decade. McLaren suggested that a ...
A. Hallam, P. B. Wignall, 1997
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Geological Implications of Impacts of Large Asteroids and ...
We estimate that ~ 10'2 times the mass ofthe bolide of ejected melt is in the l ,um or less size range. The ejected mass of solid (Vej >104 cm/s) for a 30-km/s impact is estimated from Figure 10 to be ~ 102 bolide masses. Referring to Figure 20, ...
Leon Theodore Silver, Peter H. Schultz, 1982
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Icy Bodies of the Solar System (IAU S263)
doi:10.1017/S1743921310001845 Magnetite microspheric particles from bright bolide of EN171101, exploded above the Trans-Carpathians mountains on Nov. 17, 2001 Klim I. Churyumov,1 Rudolf Ya. Belevtsev,2 Emlen V. Sobotovich,2 ...
International Astronomical Union. Symposium, Julio A. Fernandez, Daniela Lazzaro, 2010
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Advances in Meteoroid and Meteor Science
DOI: 10.1007/s11038-007-9173-3 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007 Abstract We have recently digitized and partially reanalyzed the historic bolide infra- sonic database. These 10 events were originally detected by the U.S. Air ...
Frans J.M. Rietmeijer, D. Janches, J. M. Trigo-Rodriguez, 2008
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Global Catastrophes in Earth History; An Interdisciplinary ...
Bolide diameter is plotted vs. percent of genera killed. The threshold of zero extinction is a 3 km diameter bolide (Montagnais). The other point is 40 percent extinction (Sepkoski, 1988) for a bolide 10 km in diameter (Alvarez and others, 1980).
Virgil L. Sharpton, Peter D. Ward, 1990
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Infrasound Monitoring for Atmospheric Studies
The model also computes the atmospheric shockwave temperature field as a function of range surrounding the bolide so that an appreciation for the magnitude of the line source explosion and all of its ramifications can be evaluated.
Alexis Le Pichon, Dr. Elisabeth Blanc, Alain Hauchecorne, 2010
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Asteroids, Meteorites, and Comets
What was later determined to be the airburst explosion of a bolide about 200 feet (60 m) in diameter lit up night skies like daylight as far away as London. Seven hundred square miles (1,800 km2) of Siberian woodland were either flattened or  ...
Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOLIDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bolide is used in the context of the following news items.
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Microbes on a comet?! Why scientists are skeptical (+video)
The mega-boulders are hypothesised to arise from bolide impacts into ice.” It adds: “Increasing rates of gassing as Rosetta follows comet 67P ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
2
Jaguar Teases F-Pace SUV at Tour de France
... for the stage, by Jaguar Land Rover's Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) and carried 2 Team Sky's Pinarello Bolide Time Trial bikes. «NDTVAuto.com, Jul 15»
3
Richie Porte's Tour de France Pinarello Bolide
... and he started this year's race aboard a custom-painted Pinarello Bolide in recognition of his Australian national time trial championship win. «Cyclingnews.com, Jul 15»
4
Jaguar F-PACE Makes Debut Appearance at Tour de France
The rack has a unique telescopic clamp, designed specifically to optimise the quick-release of Team Sky's Pinarello Bolide Time Trial bikes. «SENATUS, Jul 15»
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News shorts: Sky ends British Cycling sponsorship, Basso talks …
The F-PACE Prototype features a telescopic clamp for the quick release of the Bolide time trial bikes from the cars roof while an increased boot ... «Cyclingnews.com, Jul 15»
6
Not your average support car: Jaguar F-Pace leads Team Sky at …
Of particular interest is the SVO-developed quick release bike rack, designed to carry and unload Team Sky's Pinarello Bolide TT race bikes in super-efficient ... «CAR Magazine, Jun 15»
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Asteroid Day raises awareness over threat from space
A reminder of the threat from space came as recently as February 2013 when a super-bolide exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, ... «Sen, Jun 15»
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UFO Sighting In Georgia? Mysterious Appearance Of Fireball …
A bolide, on the other hand, is a special type of fireball that explodes in a bright terminal flash at its end, often with visible fragmentation. «Chinatopix, Jun 15»
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Cassini spends week observing Saturn's magnetic personality
A reminder of the threat from space came as recently as February 2013 when a super-bolide exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, ... «Sen, Jun 15»
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NASA's own 'Armageddon': Space agency to use nukes to destroy …
NASA is hoping for a bit more time than that given by the Chelyabinsk bolide that exploded over Russia in February 2013. That particular ... «Examiner.com, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Bolide [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bolide>. May 2024 ».
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