Subsphere
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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 shell abuts."
Example
More examples"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 shell abuts."
Etymology
From sub- + sphere.
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