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tulekera

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 27.10.2025

Meanings

helendav või leegitsev kerajas objekt (sageli taevas vaadeldavana)

Translations

Usage examples
  • Soomes nähti lendamas üliheledat tulekera.
  • Lennuk plahvatas tohutuks tulekeraks ja kukkus alla.

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Kosmoseteaduse ja -tehnoloogia terminibaas

ID 576054 Last modified 27.10.2025
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Domain astronomy
  • Meteoor, mis on heledam kui -10 tähesuurust
  • an exceptionally bright meteor, traditionally defined as one that exceeds the planets in brightness
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tulekera
Usage examples
  • Väga heledaid meteoore nimetatakse tulekeradeks.
fireball
Usage examples
  • About one meteor in every thousand recorded is a fireball. Some meteor showers, for example the Geminids, are particularly productive of fireballs.

Militerm | riigikaitseterminite andmebaas

ID 526351 Last modified 01.01.2005
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Domain Weapons and Weapon Systems -> Nuclear WeaponsGeneral Conduct of Military Operations -> Nuclear Warfare
tulekera preferred
fireball preferred
boule de feu preferred
  • the luminous sphere of hot gases that forms within millionths of a second after a nuclear burst
  • sphère lumineuse constituée par des gaz chauds qui se forme quelques millionièmes de seconde après l'explosion nucléaire
Good to know
  • NATO definitsioon muutunud 2016. a.
tulekera preferred
fireball preferred
Good to know
  • NATO Agreed 2016
boule de feu preferred
Good to know
  • NATO Agreed 2016

Word forms

Inflection Type 17

tulekera tulekerad
tulekera tulekerade
tulekera tulekerasid

Etymology

tõlkelaen
  • tulekera
    • Feuerball

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