comet tail
comet tail · comet tails
A display artifact consisting of a smear of color that appears to follow a moving…A display artifact consisting of a smear of color that appears to follow a moving object in the picture.
» On approach, the comet's tail waggled as it interacted with the magnetic field of the Sun's atmosphere.
Meaning
2 sensesA display artifact consisting of a smear of color that appears to follow a moving object in the picture.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see comet, tail.
Examples
1 sentencesOn approach, the comet's tail waggled as it interacted with the magnetic field of the Sun's atmosphere.
Forms
plural: comet tails| Singular | comet tail |
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| Plural | comet tails |
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