English Explanatory Dictionary

Damocloid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An asteroid (such as 5335 Damocles) that exhibits long-period, highly eccentric orbits typical of periodic comets without showing a coma.
adj
  1. Of or relating to a Damocloid asteroid.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Damocloid.
adj
  1. Alternative form of Damocloid.

Word forms

Damocloid Damocloids more Damocloid most Damocloid

Etymology

From the asteroid 5335 Damocles + -oid.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on D Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary