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periodic comets

periodic comets is the plural of periodic comet.

Meaning of periodic comet

Noun

periodic comet (plural periodic comets)

  1. A comet which orbits the Sun and which returns to the innermost point of its orbit at known, regular intervals.
    • The computation of the elements of its orbit reveals the fact that they are almost identical with those of Comet III, 1869, and hence it becomes what in astronomical language is called a periodic comet.1880, Lewis Swift, “The New Periodic Comet”, in Science, volume 1, number 21, page 258

Forms of periodic comets

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Questions about periodic comets

What is periodic comets the plural of?
Periodic comets is the plural of periodic comet.

Words near periodic comets in the dictionary

  1. periodentosis
  2. periodic
  3. periodic acid
  4. periodic acids
  5. periodic comet
  6. periodic comets
  7. periodic continued fraction
  8. periodic continued fractions
  9. periodic fever syndrome
  10. periodic fever syndromes
  11. periodic function

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