comet
English Thesaurus
1. (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit (noun.object)
| part holonym | : | coma, |
| definition | : | (astronomy) the luminous cloud of particles surrounding the frozen nucleus of a comet; forms as the comet approaches the sun and is warmed (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | nucleus, |
| definition | : | (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail (noun.object) |
| domain category | : | astronomy, uranology, |
| definition | : | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | cometary, cometic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or resembling a comet (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | cometary, cometic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or resembling a comet (adj.pert) |
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