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perseid

perseid


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Perseid  \Per"se*id\,  n.  [From  {Perseus}.]  (Astron.) 
  One  of  a  group  of  shooting  stars  appearing  annually  about  the 
  10th  of  August.  They  are  probably  fragments  of  Swift's  comet 
  1862  (III). 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Perseid  \Per"se*id\,  n.  (Astron.) 
  One  of  a  group  of  shooting  stars  which  appear  yearly  about 
  the  10th  of  August,  and  cross  the  heavens  in  paths  apparently 
  radiating  from  the  constellation  Perseus.  They  are  beleived 
  to  be  fragments  once  connected  with  a  comet  visible  in  1862.