HALLEY'S COMET

Meaning of HALLEY'S COMET in English

large comet which completes an orbit around the sun every 76 years

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HALLEY'S COMET — /hal"eez/ or, sometimes, /hay"leez/ , n. a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HALLEY'S COMET — first comet whose return was predicted, demonstrating that at least some comets are members of the solar system. In 1705 …
Britannica English vocabulary
HALLEY'S COMET — Hal ‧ ley's com ‧ et /ˌhæliz ˈkɒmət, ˌheɪl- $ -ˌkɑː-/ BrE AmE a ↑ comet (=an object in space …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HALLEY'S COMET — First comet whose return was predicted, proving that at least some comets are members of the solar system . Edmond …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HALLEY'S COMET — First comet whose return was predicted, proving that at least some comets are members of the solar system . Norman …
Английский словарь Британика
HALLEY'S COMET — Комета Галлея
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
COMET — I Any of a class of small icy objects orbiting the Sun and developing diffuse gaseous envelopes and often long …
Английский словарь Британика
COMET — any of a class of small celestial objects orbiting the Sun and developing diffuse gaseous envelopes and often long luminous …
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COMET — comete
English interlingue dictionary
HALLEY — biographical name Edmond or Edmund 1656-1742 English astronomer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COMET — noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Old English ~a, from Latin, from Greek komētēs, literally, long-haired, from koman to wear …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COMET — ˈkämə̇t, usu- ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English comete, from Old English cometa, from Latin cometa, cometes, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMET — (n.) A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun …
Английский словарь Webster
COMET — ( n. ) A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HALLEY — /hal"ee/ , n. Edmund or Edmond , 1656-1742, English astronomer.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMET — — cometary /kom"i ter'ee/ , cometic /keuh met"ik/ , cometical , adj. — cometlike , adj. /kom"it/ , n. Astron. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMET — n. celestial body with a luminous tail
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HALLEY — n. Edmund Halley (1656-1742), English Astronomer who predicted the return of Halley's Comet
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HALLEY — ˈhā-lē biographical name Edmond or Edmund 1656-1742 English astronomer
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COMET — noun Etymology: Middle English comete, from Old English cometa, from Latin, from Greek komētēs, literally, long-haired, from koman to wear …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COMET — noun a member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun …
Webster English vocab
COMET — [ 'kɒmɪt ] ■ noun a celestial object which consists of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near …
Concise Oxford English vocab
COMET — [com.et] n [ME comete, fr. OE cometa, fr. L, fr. Gk kometes, lit., long-haired, fr. koman to wear long hair, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HALLEY — Halley (i) BrE AmE ˈhæl i ; (ii) BrE AmE ˈhɔːl i ˈhɑːl i —The astronomer andthe comet named after …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COMET — comet BrE AmE ˈkɒm ɪt § -ət AmE ˈkɑːm- ▷ comet|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COMET — com ‧ et /ˈkɒmət, ˈkɒmɪt $ ˈkɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: cometa …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COMET — Comet BrE AmE a British company which sells electrical or electronic goods for the home, such as televisions, cameras, washing …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COMET — ( comets) A comet is a bright object with a long tail that travels around the sun. Halley’s Comet is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMET — (~s) A ~ is a bright object with a long tail that travels around the sun. Halley’s Comet is going …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COMET — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN nucleus ▪ Clearly comet nuclei are very weak. ▪ As long as a comet …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COMET — n. Encke's Comet Hale Bopp Comet Halley's Comet
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COMET — n. Any of a class of small icy objects orbiting the Sun and developing diffuse gaseous envelopes and often long …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COMET — I . Comet the world’s first commercial jet plane, operated by BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) from 1952. Comets were …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
HALLEY — ( also Edmund Halley ) (1656–1742) an English astronomer and mathematician who was a close friend of Isaac Newton . …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
COMET — 1) ист. "Комета" (реактивный пассажирский самолёт компании "Де Хэвиленд" (De Havilland) 2) ист. "Комета" (железнодорожный экспресс Лондон - Манчестер) 3) …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
HALLEY — Halley
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HALLEY — Halley
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COMET — сущ. комета (астрономия) комета comet комета
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COMET — comet.ogg ʹkɒmıt n астр. комета
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COMET — комета nucleus of comet — ядро кометы comet outburst — кометное извержение
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
HALLEY — Халли
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
COMET — - bronze-tailed comet - gray-bellied comet - red-tailed comet
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
COMET — - bronze-tailed comet - gray-bellied comet - red-tailed comet
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
HALLEY — Халли
Англо-Русский географический словарь
COMET — 1) ист. "Комета" (реактивный пассажирский самолёт компании "Де Хэвиленд" [De Havilland]) 2) ист. "Комета" (железнодорожный экспресс Лондон - Манчестер) 3) (Comet) средний …
Великобритания - Лингвострановедческий словарь
HALLEY — Halley
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
COMET — сущ. комета (астрономия) комета comet комета
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HALLEY — Halley
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HALLEY, EDMOND — born Nov. 8, 1656, Haggerston, Shoreditch, near London died Jan. 14, 1742, Greenwich, near London English astronomer and mathematician. He …
Английский словарь Британика
HALLEY'S METHOD — ˈha]lēz- also ÷ˈhā] noun Usage: capitalized H Etymology: after Edmund Halley died 1742 English astronomer : a method of finding …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HALLEY, EDMOND — born Nov. 8, 1656, Haggerston, Shoreditch, near London died Jan. 14, 1742, Greenwich, near London Edmond also spelled Edmund English …
Britannica English vocabulary
HALLEY, EDMOND — born Nov. 8, 1656, Haggerston, Shoreditch, near London died Jan. 14, 1742, Greenwich, near London English astronomer and mathematician. He …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EDMUND HALLEY — ➡ Halley
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
EDMOND HALLEY — ➡ Halley
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SEIFERT, JAROSLAV — born Sept. 23, 1901, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary died Jan. 10, 1986, Prague, Czech. Czech poet. He made a living as …
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HEVELIUS, JOHANNES — born Jan. 28, 1611, Gdansk, Pol. died Jan. 28, 1687, Gdansk (Latin), German Johann Hewel, or Johann Howelcke, Polish Jan …
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FLAMSTEED, JOHN — born Aug. 19, 1646, Denby, near Derby, Derbyshire, Eng. died Dec. 31, 1719, Greenwich, London founder of the Greenwich Observatory, …
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