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Quadrantids

[ kwo-dran-tidz ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)
  1. a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower Quadrantidmeteorshower visible around January 31 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Boötes.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Quadrantids1

1875–80; < New Latin Quadrant- (stem of Quadrāns, in Quadrāns ( Mūrālis ) (mural) quadrant, obsolete constellation name) + -id 1 + -s 3

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