Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comet tail

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables: comet -tail
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A display artifact consisting of a smear of color that appears to follow a moving object in the picture.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see comet, tail.

Inflected Forms

comet tails (plural)

Questions

What does comet tail mean?: A display artifact consisting of a smear of color that appears to follow a moving object in the picture.

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