comet
A small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and particles of…A small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and particles of rock whose very eccentric solar orbit periodically brings it close enough to the Sun that the ice vaporises to form an atmosphere, or coma, which may be blown by the solar wind to produce a visible tail.
» Don't confuse comets and asteroids.
Не путай кометы с астероидами.
Не путайте кометы с астероидами.
Не путай кометы и астероиды.
Не путайте кометы и астероиды.
Не плутай комети та астероїди.
Не плутайте комети та астероїди.
Meaning
3 sensesA small Solar System body consisting mainly of volatile ice, dust and particles of rock whose very eccentric solar orbit periodically brings it close enough to the Sun that the ice vaporises to form an atmosphere, or coma, which may be blown by the solar wind to produce a visible tail.
Komet
коме́таkométa
коме́таkométa
A celestial phenomenon with the appearance of such a body.
Any of several species of hummingbird found in the Andes.
- (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
Examples
82 sentencesDon't confuse comets and asteroids.
Не плутай комети та астероїди.
ruНе путай кометы с астероидами.
How are asteroids and comets different?
He claimed that he had discovered a new comet.
ruОн заявил, что открыл новую комету.
What's the difference between asteroids and comets?
ruЧем астероиды отличаются от комет?
deWas ist der Unterschied zwischen Asteroiden und Kometen?
Don't mix up comets and asteroids.
Не плутайте комети та астероїди.
ruНе путайте кометы с астероидами.
deVerwechsle nicht Kometen mit Asteroiden.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English comete, partly from Old English comēta and partly from Old French comeFrom Middle English comete, partly from Old English comēta and partly from Old French comete, both from Latin comētēs, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “longhaired”), short for ἀστὴρ κομήτης ([astēr] komētēs, "longhaired [star])" and referring to the tail of a comet, from κόμη (kómē, “hair”). Compare English faxed star and Latin crīnīta stēlla (“comet”, literally “(long) haired star”).
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