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plasma tail

دنباله‌ی ِ پلاسمایی

donbale-ye plâsmâyi

Fr.: queue de plasma

The ionized component of a comet's tail, driven nearly straight away from the Sun by the solar wind. Also called ion tail and gas tail.

→ plasma; → tail.

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