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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Comet \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: comet n : (astronomy) a relatively small celestial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
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