English Dictionary

dark flight

名詞

(astronomy, meteorology, geology) The portion of the flight of a meteor, after its incandescent fireball phase, when the space rock has cooled down and slowed down, so that it is no longer glowing, but still in flight, and yet to crash onto the ground.

日本語の意味

隕石が燃え尽きた後、火球段階を終え、冷却され非発光状態になったまま大気中を移動する段階。 / 大気圏突入時の燃焼フェーズを過ぎた、隕石が冷却され、光を失った状態での飛行現象。

Scientists recovered fragments after the dark flight, when the meteor had cooled and ceased to glow.

科学者たちは、隕石が冷えて光を失い、もはや発光していない降下段階の後で破片を回収した。

意味（1）

(astronomy, meteorology, geology) The portion of the flight of a meteor, after its incandescent fireball phase, when the space rock has cooled down and slowed down, so that it is no longer glowing, but still in flight, and yet to crash onto the ground.

dark flights （ plural ）