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sungrazer

sungrazer noun: a sungrazing comet.

Noun

sungrazer (plural sungrazers)

  1. A sungrazing comet
    • At least one sungrazer has been observed by a spacecraft to actually be destroyed as it rammed the photosphere.1991, Gregory L. Matloff, The urban astronomer, page 187
    • But Comet Howard-Koomen-Michels (Solwind-1) is apparently the only sungrazer that produced a detectable effect on the appearance of the Sun's corona (Michels et.al., 1982; Sheeley et.al., 1982).1992, C. Mattok, Coronal streamers, coronal loops, and coronal and solar wind composition, page 127

Forms of sungrazer

pluralsungrazers

Origin of sungrazer

From sun + grazer.

Questions about sungrazer

What does sungrazer mean?
Sungrazer means a sungrazing comet.
What part of speech is sungrazer?
Sungrazer is a noun.
What is the plural of sungrazer?
The plural of sungrazer is sungrazers.

Words near sungrazer in the dictionary

  1. sungods
  2. Sungold
  3. Sungolds
  4. sungrannies
  5. sungranny
  6. sungrazer
  7. sungrazers
  8. sungrazing
  9. sungrebe
  10. sungrebes
  11. sungreen

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