Explore Geminids through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Geminids meaning
plural of Geminid
Using Geminids
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Geminid
- In the example corpus, geminids often appears in combinations such as: the geminids, geminids are, geminids meteor.
Context around Geminids
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Geminids
- In this selection, "geminids" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nevertheless, incredible and meteor stand out and add context to how "geminids" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include called the geminids because all and during the geminids meteor shower. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "geminids" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with geminids
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The space rock is responsible for the Geminids. (8 words)
Nevertheless, Geminids will be clearly visible from both the hemispheres. (10 words)
The month also features the Geminids, the brightest and most prolific meteor shower each year. (15 words)
This shower is called the Geminids because all of the meteors in the celestial dome will appear to stream from the general direction of the constellation Gemini the Twins, rising in the eastern sky in the early evening and nearly overhead after midnight. (43 words)
The Geminids meteor shower—which one of the “best and most reliable” yearly meteor showers—returned on Sunday and is slated to run through December 24, with a peak in three weeks, though no equipment is required to see it. (40 words)
In 2022, photographer Wil Cheung captured a stunning picture of a shooting star streaking across the sky behind the now-felled Sycamore Gap during the Geminids Meteor Shower, with the temperature at a chilling -9°C. (36 words)
Example sentences (15)
In 2022, photographer Wil Cheung captured a stunning picture of a shooting star streaking across the sky behind the now-felled Sycamore Gap during the Geminids Meteor Shower, with the temperature at a chilling -9°C.
The Geminids meteor shower—which one of the “best and most reliable” yearly meteor showers—returned on Sunday and is slated to run through December 24, with a peak in three weeks, though no equipment is required to see it.
The month also features the Geminids, the brightest and most prolific meteor shower each year.
The space rock is responsible for the Geminids.
This year’s Geminids are forecast to peak at around 7.30pm on Thursday evening.
Dr Minjae Kim, a physics research fellow at the University of Warwick, said: “The Geminids are one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year.
The Geminids - among the few major meteor showers to come from asteroids - peak on Friday.
The Geminids are named after the constellation Gemini because that’s where its shooting stars appear to come from.
The radiant of the Geminids is the constellation Gemini, which appears around sunset and hides at dawn.
This shower is called the Geminids because all of the meteors in the celestial dome will appear to stream from the general direction of the constellation Gemini the Twins, rising in the eastern sky in the early evening and nearly overhead after midnight.
Nevertheless, Geminids will be clearly visible from both the hemispheres.
The chances of seeing shooting stars from the Geminids is therefore less than normal, though it still should be possible to see some of the 150 per hour some are predicting.
The Geminids are up there with the Perseids of August in terms of producing a nice quantity of fireballs and other bright streaks across the sky.
The most active meteor shower of the year, the Geminids, will send dozens of "shooting stars" across the night sky this week.
Witness the incredible Geminids Meteor shower from a traditional Berber camp in the Sahara desert and see the best of Morocco on this incredible tour.
Common combinations with geminids
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the geminids 12×
- geminids are 4×
- geminids meteor 3×
- geminids is 2×
- geminids will 2×