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NEOWISE

NEOWISE proper noun: a comet in Solar System. Visible to the naked eye in 2020. The first comet easily visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere in a quarter century.

neowise: a comet in Solar System. Visible to the naked eye in 2020. The first comet easily visible to the...
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Proper noun (1)

NEOWISE

  1. A comet in Solar System. Visible to the naked eye in 2020. The first comet easily visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere in a quarter century.
    Synonyms:
    Comet NEOWISE

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Neowise

Neowise

  1. Alternative letter-case form of NEOWISE.

Synonyms of NEOWISE

Forms of NEOWISE

alternative formNeowise
alternative formNeoWISE
alternative formNeoWise

Origin of NEOWISE

From being discovered in 2020 by the NEOWISE mission, a mission started in 2010 aboard the WISE space telescope (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer). From NEO (“near-Earth object”)+WISE.

Phrases with NEOWISE

Questions about NEOWISE

What does NEOWISE mean?
NEOWISE means a comet in Solar System. Visible to the naked eye in 2020. The first comet easily visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere in a quarter century.
What part of speech is NEOWISE?
NEOWISE is a proper noun.

Words near NEOWISE in the dictionary

  1. neovitalistic
  2. neovitalists
  3. neovolcanic
  4. neovolcanite
  5. neovolcanites
  6. NEOWISE
  7. neoxaline
  8. neoxanthin
  9. neoytterbia
  10. neoytterbium
  11. neoza

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