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cometopause

cometopause noun: the boundary surrounding a comet's coma where the composition of the surrounding plasma transitions from being dominated by solar wind particles to being dominated by cometary plasma.

Noun

cometopause (uncountable)

  1. The boundary surrounding a comet's coma where the composition of the surrounding plasma transitions from being dominated by solar wind particles to being dominated by cometary plasma.

Questions about cometopause

What does cometopause mean?
Cometopause means the boundary surrounding a comet's coma where the composition of the surrounding plasma transitions from being dominated by solar wind particles to being dominated by cometary plasma.
What part of speech is cometopause?
Cometopause is a noun.

Words near cometopause in the dictionary

  1. cometographical
  2. cometographies
  3. cometography
  4. cometology
  5. cometomancy
  6. cometopause
  7. cometosheath
  8. comets
  9. cometwise
  10. comeupance
  11. comeupances

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