单词 |
cometoid |
释义 |
cometoid|ˈkɒmɪtɔɪd| [f. comet + -oid.] †a. A name proposed for the asteroids (quot. 1805). Obs. b. A name proposed by Prof. Kirkwood of Indiana for luminous meteors.
1805W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XIX. 535 Would not the term cometoids correspond best with the phenomena? 1871Kirkwood in Brit. Assoc. Rep. i. 49 The motions of some luminous meteors (or cometoids, as perhaps they might be called). |

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