Comet

See also: comet

English

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Comet

The fifth reindeer of Santa Claus.

Coordinate terms

Santa Claus's reindeer

Translations

reindeer of Santa Claus

Chinese:
Mandarin: 彗星 (zh) (Huìxīng)
Finnish: Komeetta (fi)
French: Comète f
Greek: Κομήτης 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 the name of a web-programming technique and the name of a brand of cleaning products.

Proper noun

Comet

(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

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