COMET

comet

(noun) (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

comet (plural comets)

(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.

A celestial phenomenon with the appearance given by the orbiting celestial body.

Any of several species of hummingbird found in the Andes.

Synonyms

• faxed star (rare)

Anagrams

• Comte, comte

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Comet

The fifth reindeer of Santa Claus.

Coordinate terms

(Santa Claus's reindeer):

• Dasher

• Dancer

• Prancer

• Vixen

• Cupid

• Donner

• Blitzen

• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Comet

(programming) A web application model in which a long-held HTTP request allows a web server to push data to a browser, without the browser explicitly requesting it.

Anagrams

• Comte, comte

Source: Wiktionary

Com"et, n. Etym: [L. cometes, cometa, from Gr. coma: cf. F. comète.] (Astron.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition