great comets
great comets is the plural of great comet.
Meaning of great comet
Noun
great comet (plural great comets)
- 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
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- What is great comets the plural of?
- Great comets is the plural of great comet.
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