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Definition of Cometic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or resembling a comet.
Definition of Cometic
1. a. Relating to a comet.
Definition of Cometic
1. Adjective. Relating to a comet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cometic
1. pertaining to a comet [adj] - See also: comet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cometic
Literary usage of Cometic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1871)
"On the Distribution of cometic Perihelia. By AS DAVIS, B.Á. The hypothesis that
those comets whose orbits are undistinguishable from parabolas are moving in ..."
2. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"... the other lines denoting the presence of this gas were not exhibited in the
cometic spectrum, no conclusion upon the point could be confidently drawn. ..."
3. The Gallery of Nature and Art: Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science by Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good (1818)
"XIII OF SOLAR AGENCY IN THE PRODUCTION OF cometic PHENOMENA. As we are now in a
great measure acquainted with the physical construction of the different ..."
4. A Budget of Paradoxes by Augustus De Morgan (1915)
"... joint attraction of the new moon and several planets in the direction of the
sun, draws off the gases from the earth, and forms these cometic meteors. ..."
5. The Source and Mode of Solar Energy Throughout the Universe by Isaac Winter Heysinger (1894)
"INTERPRETATION OF cometic PHENOMENA. Now, curiously enough, we have in constant
use in our laboratories a little instrument called the electroscope, ..."
6. Solar Energy: Its Source and Mode Throughout the Universe by Isaac Winter Heysinger (1901)
"INTERPRETATION OF cometic PHENOMENA. Now, curiously enough, we have in constant
use in our laboratories a little instrument called the electroscope, ..."