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previrialized

previrialized adjective: virialized prior to some other operation.

Adjective

previrialized (not comparable)

  1. virialized prior to some other operation
    • We have developed a computationally competitive N-body model of a previrialized aggregation of galaxies in a flat LambdaCDM universe to assess the role of the multiple mergers that take place during the formation stage of such systems in the configuration of the remnants assembled at their centres.2016, IDILICO Collaboration, J. M. Solanes, J. D. Perea, L. Darriba, C. García-Gómez, A. Bosma, E. Athanassoula, “Forming first-ranked early-type galaxies through hierarchical dissipationless...

Origin of previrialized

From pre- + virialized.

Questions about previrialized

What does previrialized mean?
Previrialized means virialized prior to some other operation.
What part of speech is previrialized?
Previrialized is an adjective.

Words near previrialized in the dictionary

  1. previousness
  2. previraemic
  3. previral
  4. previremic
  5. previrialization
  6. previrialized
  7. previrion
  8. previrions
  9. previs
  10. previsage
  11. previsaged

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