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photoevaporation

photoevaporation noun: the removal of the atmosphere of a planet or removal of a protoplanetary disk by high-energy photons from its sun or a nearby hot star.

Noun

photoevaporation (uncountable)

  1. The removal of the atmosphere of a planet or removal of a protoplanetary disk by high-energy photons from its sun or a nearby hot star

Origin of photoevaporation

From photo- + evaporation.

Questions about photoevaporation

What does photoevaporation mean?
Photoevaporation means the removal of the atmosphere of a planet or removal of a protoplanetary disk by high-energy photons from its sun or a nearby hot star.
What part of speech is photoevaporation?
Photoevaporation is a noun.

Words near photoevaporation in the dictionary

  1. photoetching
  2. photoetchings
  3. photoevaporate
  4. photoevaporated
  5. photoevaporating
  6. photoevaporation
  7. photoevaporative
  8. photoevolution
  9. photoevolutions
  10. photoevolve
  11. photoexchange

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