cometarium

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UK/ˌkɒmɪˈtɛəɹi.əm/US/ˌkɑməˈtɛɹi.əm/

noun

An instrument intended to represent the revolution of a comet around the Sun.

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Meanings

nouncometarium (plural cometaria)

plural cometaria

  1. astronomyAn instrument intended to represent the revolution of a comet around the Sun.

    we have their [comets'] path marked in cometariums formed on the imaginary law of attraction

    1791, Thomas Vivian, Cosmology. An Enquiry Into the Cause of what is Called Gravitation, Etc.

Origin

Latin

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cometarium

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APA

cometarium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cometarium

MLA

“cometarium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cometarium. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cometarium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cometarium.

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