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zodi

zodi noun: a unit of zodiacal dust, equal to the amount of interplanetary dust in the inner solar system, which absorbs light and re-radiates it with a luminosity about 10⁻⁷ that of the sun.

Noun

zodi (plural zodis)

  1. A unit of zodiacal dust, equal to the amount of interplanetary dust in the inner solar system, which absorbs light and re-radiates it with a luminosity about 10⁻⁷ that of the sun.
    • […] an exozodiacal dust disk with 3 zodis of material has been added. […] Measuring exozodiacal dust to levels of 1 to 10 zodi in the habitable zones of nearby stars is critical […]2011, National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Space Studies Board, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Committee for a Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics...
    • "... reaching levels below 1 zodi for stars within 10 pc."2012, Issues in Astronomy and Astrophysics: 2011 Edition, ScholarlyEditions, →ISBN

Forms of zodi

pluralzodis

Origin of zodi

Related to zodiac.

Questions about zodi

What does zodi mean?
Zodi means a unit of zodiacal dust, equal to the amount of interplanetary dust in the inner solar system, which absorbs light and re-radiates it with a luminosity about 10⁻⁷ that of the sun.
What part of speech is zodi?
Zodi is a noun.
What is the plural of zodi?
The plural of zodi is zodis.

Words near zodi in the dictionary

  1. zocles
  2. zod
  3. zodacite
  4. zodariid
  5. zodariids
  6. zodi
  7. zodiac
  8. zodiac sign
  9. zodiac signs
  10. zodiacal
  11. zodiacal cloud

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