| Pronunciation: | | 'kâmit
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| Matching Terms: | | come, come about, come across, come after, come alive, come along, come apart, come around, come away, come back, come before, come by, come close, come down, come forth, come forward, come from, come hell or high water, come home, come in, come in for, come in handy, come into, come into being, come near, come of age, come off, come on, come out, come out of the closet, come over, come round, come short, come through, come to, come to grips, come to hand, come to life, come to light, come to mind, come to the fore, come together, come up, come up to, come upon, come with, come-along, come-at-able, comeback, comedian, comedienne, comedietta, comedo, comedown, comedy, comedy ballet, comelily, comeliness, comely, comenius, come-on, come-outer, comer, comer vann woodward, comes, comessation, comestible, cometabolism, cometarium, cometary, comet-finder, comether, cometic, cometographer, cometography, cometology, comeupance, comeuppance
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| | Definition: | | [n] (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit |
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| | See Also: | | coma, estraterrestrial body, extraterrestrial object, nucleus |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing a comet in your dream indicates that you need to move on and free yourself from emotional and physical burdens. Charge forward toward your goals. |
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| | Related Terms: | | Aldebaran, Canicula, celestial body, daystar, Dog Star, evening star, fixed stars, heavenly body, Hesper, Hesperus, living sapphires, lodestar, Lucifer, morning star, North Star, orb, Phosphor, Phosphorus, polar star, Polaris, polestar, Sirius, sphere, starry host, stars, Venus, Vesper |
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