Measure of velocity of a moving Perseid (8)
I believe the answer is:
airspeed
'measure of velocity' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'a moving perseid' is the wordplay.
'moving' indicates an anagram.
'perseid' anagrammed gives 'irspeed'.
'a'+'irspeed'='AIRSPEED'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for airspeed that I've seen before include "Plane's velocity" , "rate when flying" , "rate of knots" , "Velocity of plane relative to the atmosphere" , "Measure of velocity in flight" .)