transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkä-mət ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English comete, from Old English cometa, from Latin, from Greek komētēs, literally, long-haired, from koman to wear long hair, from komē hair
Date: before 12th century
: a celestial body that appears as a fuzzy head usually surrounding a bright nucleus, that has a usually highly eccentric orbit, that consists primarily of ice and dust, and that often develops one or more long tails when near the sun
• com·e·tary -mə-ˌter-ē adjective
• co·met·ic kə-ˈme-tik, kä- adjective