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.
What is a meteor shower? A meteor is a space rockâor meteoroidâthat enters Earth's atmosphere. As the space rock falls toward Earth, the resistanceâor dragâof the air on the rock makes it extremely hot. What we see is a shooting star.