Comet

See also: comet

English

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Comet

1. The fifth reindeer of Santa Claus.

Coordinate terms

Santa Claus's reindeer

• Blitzen
• Cupid
• Dancer
• Dasher
• Donner
• Prancer
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• Vixen

 

Translations

reindeer of Santa Claus

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 彗星 (zh) (Huìxīng)

• Finnish: Komeetta (fi)
• French: Comète f
• Greek: Κομήτης (el) m (Komítis)
• Italian: Cometa f
• Japanese: コメット (Kometto)
• Polish: Kometek m
• Portuguese: Cometa f
• Spanish: Cometa f, Veloz m

Etymology 2

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.

Proper noun

Comet

1. (programming) 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.

Anagrams

• Comte, comte