Population II
Population II proper noun: a population or group of stars formed early in the history of the Universe, characterized by having a low metallicity.
Proper noun (1)
Population II
- A population or group of stars formed early in the history of the Universe, characterized by having a low metallicity.
- While the thick disk is largely composed of Population II stars, they found it contains two stellar populations.2019 December 11, Brian Koberlein, “The Stars In Our Galaxy Are More Varied Than We Thought”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2022
- Those heavy elements were created by fusion within Population II stars that exploded as supernovas and seeded them into interstellar clouds.2021 May 21, Tom Metcalfe, “An ancient star casts new light on the birth of the universe”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2022
Proper noun (2) capitalized: population II
population II
- Alternative letter-case form of Population II.
Forms of Population II
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Origin of Population II
Proposed by astronomer Walter Baade in 1944.
Words formed from Population II
Questions about Population II
- What does Population II mean?
- Population II means a population or group of stars formed early in the history of the Universe, characterized by having a low metallicity.
- What part of speech is Population II?
- Population II is a proper noun.
Words near Population II in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Population II (page history and authors); population II (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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