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Comet en · PROPN · etymology 1

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Etymology

First attested in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”. From comet.

Meanings

1. The fifth reindeer of Santa Claus.

Coordinates

Dasher (Santa Claus's reindeer) · Vixen (Santa Claus's reindeer) · Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Santa Claus's reindeer) · Blitzen (Santa Claus's reindeer) · Donner (Santa Claus's reindeer) · Dancer (Santa Claus's reindeer) · Prancer (Santa Claus's reindeer) · Cupid (Santa Claus's reindeer)

Translations (10)

pt Cometa (reindeer of Santa Claus) · es Veloz (reindeer of Santa Claus) · ja コメット (reindeer of Santa Claus) · es Cometa (reindeer of Santa Claus) · el Κομήτης (reindeer of Santa Claus) · fi Komeetta (reindeer of Santa Claus) · pl Kometek (reindeer of Santa Claus) · cmn 彗星 (reindeer of Santa Claus) · it Cometa (reindeer of Santa Claus) · fr Comète (reindeer of Santa Claus)

wikipedia: A Visit from St. Nicholas

Comet en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Coined by software engineer Alex Russell in March 2006. After the Comet brand of cleaning products, as a pun on Ajax, which is also both a Web programming technique and a brand of cleaning products.

Meanings

1. A web application model in which a long-held HTTP request allows a web server to push data to a browser, without the browser explicitly requesting it.

wikipedia: Comet (cleanser)