Cometic (Adjective)
Meaning
Of or relating to or resembling a comet.
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The cometic trail behind the bright ball of light streaked across the night sky.
- The astronomers observed a cometic object that seemed to be disintegrating as it approached the sun.
- Cometic particles have been known to enter Earth's atmosphere and create spectacular meteor showers.
- Scientists discovered a cometic fragment buried deep within the polar ice caps.
- The spacecraft was designed to collect cometic dust samples from the tail of the approaching comet.