- comet n
- A politician who had been an astronomer was always saying 'no comet'.
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comet n
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Comet — bezeichnet: Verschiedene Schiffe: einen deutschen Fischdampfer, der in einen schweren Seeunfall verwickelt war, siehe Zusammenstoß der Comet mit der Cometen ein Kanonenboot I. Klasse der Preußischen und der Kaiserlichen Marine, siehe SMS Comet… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Comet V — New Jersey Transit Comet V #6057 leads Train #6648 into Morristown. Note the other three Comet V s in the set … Wikipedia
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
comet — c.1200, from O.Fr. comete (12c., Mod.Fr. comète), from L. cometa, from Gk. (aster) kometes, lit. long haired (star), from kome hair of the head (Cf. koman let the hair grow long ), of unknown origin. So called from resemblance of a comet s tail… … Etymology dictionary
COMET — ist ein von der Europäischen Union gefördertes internationales Projekt der beruflichen Erwachsenenbildung. Es wird vom Berufsförderungswerk Nürnberg gGmbH von September 2009 bis September 2011 durchgeführt und gehört zum Programm „Lebenslanges… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Comet — Comet, Comisch, Comma, S. in K … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
comet — COMÉT s.n. v. cometă. Trimis de ana zecheru, 03.06.2008. Sursa: DEX 98 … Dicționar Român
comet — ► NOUN ▪ a celestial object moving around the solar system, consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a diffuse tail. DERIVATIVES cometary adjective. ORIGIN Greek kom t s long haired star … English terms dictionary
comet — [käm′it] n. [ME comete < OE cometa & OFr comete, both < L cometa < Gr komētēs, lit., long haired (star) < komē, lit., hair of the head] a small, frozen mass of dust and gas revolving around the sun in a parabolic or elliptical orbit:… … English World dictionary
Comet — This article is about the astronomical object. For other uses, see Comet (disambiguation). Comet Hale– … Wikipedia
comet — cometary /kom i ter ee/, cometic /keuh met ik/, cometical, adj. cometlike, adj. /kom it/, n. Astron. a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and… … Universalium
