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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An astronomical instrument intended to represent the movement of a comet in that part of its orbit which is near the sun.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Astron.) An instrument, intended to represent the revolution of a comet round the sun.

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

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