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Definition of Cometary

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or resembling a comet.

Definition of Cometary

1. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a comet.

Definition of Cometary

1. Adjective. relating to comets ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cometary

1. comet [adj] - See also: comet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cometary

Literary usage of Cometary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1882)
"THE POSSIBILITIES OF cometary COLLISIONS WITH THE SuN. IN my Notes last month I discussed the case of a comet which, like that of 1843, approaches at ..."

2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1866)
"Additions to the Investigations on cometary Systems. By M. Hoek. In § ii of my paper "On the Comets of 1677 and 1683, 1860 III., 1863 I., and 1863 VI. ..."

3. Astronomy and Astro-physics by European Southern Observatory, Goodsell Observatory (1886)
"My present intention is simply to refer to the acknowledged cometary showers. In connection with these it is important to ascertain whether the epoch and ..."

4. Outlines of Astronomy by John Frederick William Herschel (1851)
"—REMARKS ON cometary ORBITS IN GENERAL. (554.) THE extraordinary aspect of comets, their rapid and seemingly irregular motions, the unexpected manner in ..."

5. Outlines of Astronomy by John Frederick William Herschel (1853)
"REMARKS ON cometary ORBITS IN GENERAL. (554.) THE extraordinary aspect of comets, their rapid and seemingly irregular motions, the unexpected manner in ..."

6. Popular Astronomy: A General Description of the Heavens by Camille Flammarion (1894)
"His examination of cometary tails has shown him that they may be divided into ... All cometary tails can be classed in one or other of these three types. ..."

7. The Meteoritic Hypothesis: A Statement of the Results of a Spectroscopic by Norman Lockyer (1890)
"The Change of Form in a cometary Swarm under Tidal Action. We have seen that a comet, when it first makes its appearance at its greatest distance, ..."

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