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circumstellar disc

circumstellar disc noun: a torus-, pancake- or ring-shaped accretion disk of matter composed of gas, dust, planetesimals, asteroids, or collision fragments in orbit around a star.

Noun

circumstellar disc (plural circumstellar discs)

  1. A torus-, pancake- or ring-shaped accretion disk of matter composed of gas, dust, planetesimals, asteroids, or collision fragments in orbit around a star.

Forms of circumstellar disc

pluralcircumstellar discs
alternative formcircumstellar disk

Questions about circumstellar disc

What does circumstellar disc mean?
Circumstellar disc means a torus-, pancake- or ring-shaped accretion disk of matter composed of gas, dust, planetesimals, asteroids, or collision fragments in orbit around a star.
What part of speech is circumstellar disc?
Circumstellar disc is a noun.
What is the plural of circumstellar disc?
The plural of circumstellar disc is circumstellar discs.

Words near circumstellar disc in the dictionary

  1. circumstantiators
  2. circumstants
  3. circumstaunce
  4. circumstaunces
  5. circumstellar
  6. circumstellar disc
  7. circumstellar discs
  8. circumstellar disk
  9. circumstomal
  10. circumstriate
  11. circumtabular

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