ALL meanings of comet
com·et
C c - countable noun comet A comet is a bright object with a long tail that travels around the sun. 3
- noun comet a celestial body that travels around the sun, usually in a highly elliptical orbit: thought to consist of a solid frozen nucleus part of which vaporizes on approaching the sun to form a gaseous luminous coma and a long luminous tail 3
- noun comet a small, frozen mass of dust and gas revolving around the sun in a parabolic or elliptical orbit: as it nears the sun it vaporizes, forming a coma and, usually, a long tail of ions that points away from the sun 3
- noun comet celestial body 1
- noun comet 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 gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun. 1
- noun comet A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “ tail ” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun. 1
- noun comet (astronomy) A celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the Sun. 0
- noun comet A celestial phenomenon with the appearance given by the orbiting celestial body. 0
- noun comet Any of several species of hummingbird found in the Andes. 0