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circumburst

circumburst adjective: surrounding a burst.

Adjective

circumburst (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding a burst
    • In order to probe the nature of the long-duration GRB progenitor, it is critical to understand the nature of the circumburst medium in which the progenitor is immersed.2014, Robert Allan Mesler III, Searching for the Long-Duration Gamma-Ray Burst Progenitor

Origin of circumburst

From circum- + burst.

Questions about circumburst

What does circumburst mean?
Circumburst means surrounding a burst.
What part of speech is circumburst?
Circumburst is an adjective.

Words near circumburst in the dictionary

  1. circumbinary
  2. circumblastoporal
  3. circumboreal
  4. circumboreally
  5. circumbuccal
  6. circumburst
  7. circumcallosal
  8. circumcapitular
  9. circumcellion
  10. circumcellions
  11. circumcellular

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