Circumstellar

//ˌsɜːkəmˈstɛlə// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That surrounds, or revolves around a star not-comparable

Example

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"Astronomers have detected swirls of diamonds, hundreds of thousands of times smaller than a grain of sand, in the protoplanetary or circumstellar disks of three baby star systems in the Milky Way - V892 Tau, HD 97048, and MWC 297."

Etymology

From circum- + stellar.

Related phrases

circumstellar disk. circumstellar disccircumstellar dust

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