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comet Definition


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comet
noun
    1. astron.
      In the solar system: a small body consisting of a coma (noun 4), a nucleus and a tail, which is composed mainly of frozen gas, dust and rock and follows an elliptical orbit around the Sun.
Etymology: 13c: from Greek kometes long-haired, from kome hair.



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