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uncometary en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + cometary.

Meanings

1. (rare) Unlike a comet.
   • The neon lines were fairly intense and are quite uncometary. It has been suggested to me that the cyanogen might have been generated during the fall of the meteorites by a reaction between atmospheric nitrogen and cohenite or carbon. 1940, American journal of science, volume 238, page 571:
   • The failure to see the comet previous to its sudden apparition near the Andromeda Nebula, its uncometary appearance, its peculiar freaks, and final utter disappearance from the heavens […] 1899, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society:

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