Cometary (Adjective)
Meaning
Of or relating to or resembling a comet.
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The scientist spent years studying the cometary tail of the newly discovered celestial body.
- Astronomers have been tracking a large cometary object approaching Earth's orbit.
- The cometary appearance of the object made the astronomer initially mistake it for a traditional comet.
- The Hubble Space Telescope took detailed images of the cometary dust particles emitted by the ancient body.
- New images have shed light on the faint, cometary atmosphere of this lesser-known icy celestial entity.