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subsphere

subsphere noun: any of a set of spherical shells, one inside the other.

Noun

subsphere (plural subspheres)

  1. Any of a set of spherical shells, one inside the other
    • The self-gravitational correction to a localized spherically symmetric static energy distribution is obtained from the negative Newtonian gravitational work done to successively assemble each spherical energy shell in the gravitational field of the already energy-corrected subsphere which that...2012, Steven Kenneth Kauffmann, “A Self-Gravitational Upper Bound on Localized Energy, Including that of Virtual Particles and Quantum Fields, which Yields a Passable "Dark Energy" Density Estimate”...

Forms of subsphere

pluralsubspheres

Origin of subsphere

From sub- + sphere.

Questions about subsphere

What does subsphere mean?
Subsphere means any of a set of spherical shells, one inside the other.
What part of speech is subsphere?
Subsphere is a noun.
What is the plural of subsphere?
The plural of subsphere is subspheres.

Words near subsphere in the dictionary

  1. subspectra
  2. subspectral
  3. subspectrum
  4. subsphaerical
  5. subsphenoidal
  6. subsphere
  7. subspheres
  8. subspherical
  9. subspherically
  10. subspheroid
  11. subspheroidal

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