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great comet

great comet noun: a period of cometary activity when the comet becomes exceptionally bright.

Noun

great comet (plural great comets)

  1. A period of cometary activity when the comet becomes exceptionally bright.
    • When the next great comet will appear no one can say. In the interim, however, there will be plenty of lesser objects to observe.1999, Neil Bone, Observing Meteors, Comets, Supernovae and other Transient Phenomena, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN

Forms of great comet

pluralgreat comets

Words that rhyme with great comet

Questions about great comet

What does great comet mean?
Great comet means a period of cometary activity when the comet becomes exceptionally bright.
What part of speech is great comet?
Great comet is a noun.
What is the plural of great comet?
The plural of great comet is great comets.

Words near great comet in the dictionary

  1. great circle arcs
  2. great circle route
  3. great circle routes
  4. great circles
  5. Great Comberton
  6. great comet
  7. great comets
  8. Great Commission
  9. great conjunction
  10. great conjunctions
  11. great cormorant

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