Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. See asteroid.
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- n. An asteroid which orbits the Sun and is larger than 10 meters in diameter but smaller than a dwarf planet.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun
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Examples
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“And this is mine,” Bob whispered, accepting it, accepting all of it: himself, Tiffany, Manfred, his shit-for-brains buddies, his small destiny in this unimportant spot on this minor planet circling this mediocre sun in this lower-middle-class suburb of the universe.
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