The program provides business counseling and management assistance to minority owned business enterprises. It operates by providing grants to a national network of Minority Business Development Centers, Native American Business Development Centers, and Business Resource Centers.
Word forms: plural meteors. countable noun. A meteor is a piece of rock or metal that burns very brightly when it enters the earth's atmosphere from space. Synonyms: falling star, comet, meteorite, fireball More Synonyms of meteor.
A meteor is a rock that is falling through the Earth's atmosphere. It creates a streak across the sky as it burns up due its high speed and friction with the particles in the atmosphere. A meteorite is what we call a meteor once it has hit the Earth and survived.