asteroid

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 External links 2 Czech 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 See also 3 Estonian 3.1 Noun 4 Indonesian 4.1 Noun 5 Romanian 5.1 Noun 6 Serbo-Croatian 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Declension 7 Slovene 7.1 Noun 8 Swedish 8.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

< Ancient Greek aster, a star + eidos, form

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: ăs'tə-roid", IPA: /ˈæstəroɪd/, SAMPA: /"{st@%roId/

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Wikipedia

asteroid (plural asteroids)

1. (astronomy) A naturally occurring solid object, smaller than a planet, orbiting a star.

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• asteroid belt

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• aster
• asterisk
• asterism

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[edit] See also

• astroid
• comet
• planetoid

[edit] External links

• asteroid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• asteroid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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asteroid m.

1. asteroid

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• planetka f.

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asteroid

1. asteroid

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asteroid

1. asteroid

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[edit] Romanian

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asteroid

1. asteroid

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asteròīd m. (Cyrillic spelling астеро̀ӣд)

1. asteroid

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asteroid

1. asteroid

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[edit] Swedish

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asteroid c.

1. asteroid