Comb (disambiguation)
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A comb
is a toothed device used for straightening and cleaning hair or fibers.
Comb may also refer to:
Comb
A comb is a toothed device used in hair care for straightening and cleaning hair or other fibres. Combs are among the oldest tools found by archaeologists...
is a toothed device used for straightening and cleaning hair or fibers.
Comb may also refer to:
- Comb (anatomy)Comb (anatomy)Anatomically, a comb is a fleshy growth, caruncle, or crest on the top of the head of gallinaceous birds, most notably turkeys, pheasants, and domestic chickens...
, a fleshy growth or crest on the top of the head of certain birds and reptiles. - CombingCombingCombing is a method for preparing carded fibre for spinning. It separates out the short fibres by means of a rotating ring of steel pins. The fibres in the 'top' it produces, have been straightened and lie parallel to each other...
, a method used to straighten fibers for spinning - Dirac combDirac combIn mathematics, a Dirac comb is a periodic Schwartz distribution constructed from Dirac delta functions...
, a periodic distribution constructed from Dirac delta functions - Comb spaceComb spaceIn mathematics, particularly topology, a comb space is a subspace of \R^2 that looks rather like a comb. The comb space has some rather interesting properties and provides interesting counterexamples. The topologist's sine curve has similar properties to the comb space...
, a topological space - HoneycombHoneycombA honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal waxcells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen.Beekeepers may remove the entire honeycomb to harvest honey...
, a hexagonal wax structure built by bees - Comb driveComb driveComb-drives capacitive actuators, often used linear actuators that utilize electrostatic forces that act between two electrically conductive combs...
, linear motor often used in microtechnology - Comb Ceramic culture, an Eastern European culture of the Middle Neolithic period