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xenosphere

xenosphere noun: a spheroid culture from a xenograft.

Noun

xenosphere (plural xenospheres)

  1. A spheroid culture from a xenograft.
  2. A particulate remnant of carbon released in the combustion of oil or coal.
    • There is good evidence that with burning oil sprays the larger droplets may crack to carbon, sometimes forming xenospheres which pass through the flame front.1970, Alfred Gordon Gaydon, Flames; their structure, radiation and temperature, page 204
    • In the region of the spray cone rather large vaporizing or burning oil droplets up to 100 rim, or their residuals like xenospheres, will be found.1988, Ronald J. Adrian, Laser Anemometry in Fluid Mechanics III

Forms of xenosphere

pluralxenospheres

Origin of xenosphere

From xeno- + -sphere.

Questions about xenosphere

What does xenosphere mean?
Xenosphere means a spheroid culture from a xenograft.
What part of speech is xenosphere?
Xenosphere is a noun.
What is the plural of xenosphere?
The plural of xenosphere is xenospheres.

Words near xenosphere in the dictionary

  1. xenosome
  2. xenosomes
  3. xenosomic
  4. xenospecific
  5. xenospecificity
  6. xenosphere
  7. xenospheres
  8. xenosurveillance
  9. xenotech
  10. xenotechnologies
  11. xenotechnology

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