micrometeor
- n a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere
- Shower succeeded in reducing its stars (Janis Paige, John Raitt, Betty Grable) to micrometeor magnitude, often seemed an accidental parody of an early '30s movie musical, lacking .
- Although NASA experts figured that the odds against White being punctured by high-velocity micrometeor in space were about 10,000 to 1, they nevertheless blasted White's suit .