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| co·ma [ kṓmə ] (plural co·mae [ kṓmee ]) |
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1. cloud around head of comet: a luminous cloud of gas and dust surrounding the head of a comet
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2. distortion of image: a defect in a lens that produces a blurred, comet-shaped image of a point, or the image produced
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| [Early 17th century. Via Latin < Greek komē "hair of the head"] |
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 co·mal adjective |
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