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Definition of Perseid

Perseid
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.

Meaning of Perseid from wikipedia

- The ****ids are a prolific meteor shower ****ociated with the comet Swift–Tuttle that are usually visible from mid-July to late-August. The meteors are...
- ****id in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ****id (archaically spelt ****ide) may refer to: Any meteor of the ****ids Any member of the ****ids (mythology)...
- In Gr**** mythology, the ****ids (sg. ****id; Ancient Gr****: Περσείδαι, romanized: ****ídai, lit. 'those born of ****us', sg. Περσείδης ****ídēs)...
- sjuːs/; Gr****: Περσεύς, translit. ****ús) is the legendary founder of the ****id dynasty. He was, alongside Cadmus and Bellerophon, the greatest Gr**** hero...
- but the succession was disputed by the Taphians under Pterelaos, another ****id, who ****aulted Mycenae, lost, and retreated with the cattle. The cattle...
- composed of three loosely connected novellas. The novellas are Dunyazadiad, ****id and Bellerophoniad, whose titles refer eponymously to the mythical characters...
- control during the 1993 ****id meteor shower. A similar event occurred with the Landsat 5 spacecraft during the 2009 ****id meteor shower. Spacecraft...
- Gr****: Γοργοφόνη) was queen of both Messenia and Sparta and one of the ****ids, as a daughter of ****us and Andromeda. Her name means "Gorgon Slayer"...
- became permanent after his death in battle, which ended the rule of the ****id dynasty in Mycenae. According to most ancient sources, Atreus was the father...
- commandeers the Maru. He then embarks on a mission to find the diary of the mad ****id that contains the last slipstream route to Tarn-Vedra. However Trance and...