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dredge-up

dredge-up noun: a temporary episode of deep convection in an evolved star, which brings fusion products to the surface of the star and allows them to be detected in the star's spectrum.

Noun

dredge-up (plural dredge-ups)

  1. A temporary episode of deep convection in an evolved star, which brings fusion products to the surface of the star and allows them to be detected in the star's spectrum.

Forms of dredge-up

pluraldredge-ups

Questions about dredge-up

What does dredge-up mean?
Dredge-up means a temporary episode of deep convection in an evolved star, which brings fusion products to the surface of the star and allows them to be detected in the star's spectrum.
What part of speech is dredge-up?
Dredge-up is a noun.
What is the plural of dredge-up?
The plural of dredge-up is dredge-ups.

Words near dredge-up in the dictionary

  1. dreckness
  2. drecky
  3. dredgable
  4. dredge
  5. dredge up
  6. dredge-up
  7. dredge-ups
  8. dredgeable
  9. dredgeboat
  10. dredgeboats
  11. dredged

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