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accretion shocks

accretion shocks is the plural of accretion shock.

Meaning of accretion shock

Noun

accretion shock (plural accretion shocks)

  1. A spherical shock wave that arises when material spirals inward to a gravitational source such as a star or black hole.

Questions about accretion shocks

What is accretion shocks the plural of?
Accretion shocks is the plural of accretion shock.

Words near accretion shocks in the dictionary

  1. accretion disc
  2. accretion discs
  3. accretion disk
  4. accretion disks
  5. accretion shock
  6. accretion shocks
  7. accretion-powered pulsar
  8. accretion-powered pulsars
  9. accretional
  10. accretionally
  11. accretionarily

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