"Earth-grazing" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɜːθɡɹeɪzɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-Earth-grazing.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Earth + grazing. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Earth|grazing}} Earth + grazing Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Earth-grazing (not comparable)
  1. (astronomy) Of a meteoroid: entering the Earth's atmosphere and leaving into space again. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Astronomy Translations (entering and leaving the Earth's atmosphere): tečný [masculine] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-Earth-grazing-en-adj-aarEHPj~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 74 26 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of "entering and leaving the Earth's atmosphere": 84 16
  2. (astronomy) Approaching the Earth closely. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Astronomy Categories (place): Earth
    Sense id: en-Earth-grazing-en-adj-H05TvhXa Disambiguation of Earth: 31 69 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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