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gravothermal

gravothermal adjective: describing the heating effect of the gravitational collapse of a star.

Adjective

gravothermal (not comparable)

  1. describing the heating effect of the gravitational collapse of a star

Origin of gravothermal

From gravo- + thermal.

Questions about gravothermal

What does gravothermal mean?
Gravothermal means describing the heating effect of the gravitational collapse of a star.
What part of speech is gravothermal?
Gravothermal is an adjective.

Words near gravothermal in the dictionary

  1. gravo-
  2. gravo-acute accent
  3. gravogyro
  4. gravomagnetic
  5. Gravon
  6. gravothermal
  7. gravoturbulent
  8. gravs
  9. gravure
  10. gravure idol
  11. gravures

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