About The Word Comet
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Comet
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What's The Definition Of Comet?
[n] (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
Synonyms | Synonyms for Comet: Related Terms | Find terms related to Comet: Aldebaran | Canicula | celestial body | daystar | Dog Star | evening star | fixed stars | heavenly body | Hesper | Hesperus | living sapphires | lodestar | Lucifer | morning star | North Star | orb | Phosphor | Phosphorus | polar star | Polaris | polestar | Sirius | sphere | starry host | stars | Venus | Vesper See Also | coma | estraterrestrial body | extraterrestrial object | nucleus Comet In Webster's Dictionary \Com"et\, n. [L. cometes, cometa, from Gr. ? comet, prop.
long-haired, fr. ? to wear long hair, fr. ? hair, akin to L.
coma: cf. F. com[`e]te.] (Astron.)
A member of the solar system which usually moves in an
elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its
perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at
its aphelion. A comet commonly consists of three parts: the
nucleus, the envelope, or coma, and the tail; but one or more
of these parts is frequently wanting. See Illustration in
Appendix.
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