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supercomet

noun

Etymology

From super- + comet.

  1. derived from κομήτης — “longhaired”
  2. derived from comētēs
  3. derived from comete
  4. inherited from comēta
  5. inherited from comete
  6. prefixed as supercomet — “super + comet”

Definitions

  1. A giant comet.

    • In Napier's Scenario, major impacts occur in the dying days of the supercomet when most of its ice has gone, at which point the rest of it disintegrates into "cometary asteroids".
    • Low to one side, partly eclipsed by the curve of Earth's dark side, stretched the awesome spectacle of Athena's braided tail streaming in the solar wind as the supercomet fell toward the Sun.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for supercomet. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA