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 meteoroid is a small piece of space debris in the solar system. When a meteoroid enters the Earths atmosphere it becomes a meteor (shooting star). If the meteoroid su â¦ rvives the atmosphere and lands on the Earth, it becomes a meteorite.