Definition of COMET. Meaning of COMET. Synonyms of COMET

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Definition of COMET

Comet
Comet 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.

Meaning of COMET from wikipedia

- A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that warms and begins to release gases when p****ing close to the Sun, a process called outg****ing. This produces...
- Halley's Comet is the only known short-period comet that is consistently visible to the naked eye from Earth, appearing every 72–80 years, though with...
- Havilland DH.106 Comet is the world's first commercial jet airliner. Developed and manufactured by de Havilland in the United Kingdom, the Comet 1 prototype...
- Comet vintages are years during which an astronomical event, involving generally a "Great Comet", occurs prior to harvest. Throughout the history of wine...
- Comet Lake is Intel's codename for its 10th generation Core processors. They are manufactured using Intel's third 14 nm Skylake process revision, succeeding...
- Comet Kohoutek (formally designated C/1973 E1 and formerly as 1973 XII and 1973f) is a comet that p****ed close to the Sun towards the end of 1973. Early...
- great comet is a comet that becomes exceptionally bright. There is no official definition; often the term is attached to comets such as Halley's Comet, which...
- A sungrazing comet is a comet that p****es extremely close to the Sun at perihelion – sometimes within a few thousand kilometres of the Sun's surface. Although...
- Comet Hale–Bopp (formally designated C/1995 O1) is a long-period comet that was one of the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest...
- A comet is a type of firework star fired into the sky from the ground which leaves a long trail of sparks in its wake as it flies through the air. A low...