Home › Words › Q › quadrantidquadrantid/kwɒˈdɹæn.tɪd/quadrantid · noun — any of the meteors in a January meteor shower whose radiant is inside the constellation Boötes.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).quadrantid is pronounced /kwɒˈdɹæn.tɪd/.EtymologyNamed from the former constellation Quadrans Muralis.nounAny of the meteors in a January meteor shower whose radiant is inside the constellation Boötes.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.boötid 66% match — A meteor of a meteor shower appearing to originate from Boötes. vs quadrantid →aquariid 65% match — A meteor in any of several meteor showers whose radiant appears to lie in the constellation Aquarius. vs quadrantid →aquilid 58% match — A meteor forming part of a meteor shower appearing to originate from the constellation Aquila. vs quadrantid →aquarid 58% match — A meteor forming part of a meteor shower appearing to originate from the constellation Aquarius. vs quadrantid →arietid 57% match — A meteor forming part of a meteor shower appearing to originate from the constellation Aries. vs quadrantid →centaurid 57% match — A meteor forming part of a meteor shower having its radiant in the constellation Centaurus. vs quadrantid →craterid 57% match — Any meteor of a meteor shower that appears to originate from the constellation of Crater. vs quadrantid →taurid 55% match — Any of a group of annual meteors associated with the comet Encke, and whose radiant point is in the constellation Taurus. vs quadrantid →