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English-russian dictionary of physics. 2013.
English-russian dictionary of physics. 2013.
Protostar — A protostar is a large object that forms by contraction out of the gas of a giant molecular cloud in the interstellar medium. The protostellar phase is an early stage in the process of star formation. For a solar mass star it lasts about 100,000… … Wikipedia
protostar — noun Date: 1947 a cloud of gas and dust in space believed to develop into a star … New Collegiate Dictionary
protostar — /proh toh stahr /, n. Astron. an early stage in the evolution of a star, after the beginning of the collapse of the gas cloud from which it is formed, but before sufficient contraction has occurred to permit initiation of nuclear reactions at its … Universalium
Protostar — A collapsing cloud of dust and gas which is in the process of becoming a star … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
protostar — ˈprōd.ə+ˌ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary prot + star : a hypothetical flat circular gaseous cloud of dust and atoms in space believed to develop into a star … Useful english dictionary
Star formation — is the process by which dense parts of molecular clouds collapse into a ball of plasma to form a star. As a branch of astronomy star formation includes the study of the interstellar medium and giant molecular clouds as precursors to the star… … Wikipedia
Nebular hypothesis — Star formation Interstellar medium Molecular cloud … Wikipedia
T Tauri wind — The T Tauri wind mdash; so named because of the young star currently in this stage mdash; is a phenomenon indicative of the phase of stellar development between the accretion of material from the slowing rotating material of a solar nebula and… … Wikipedia
Orion Nebula — The entire Orion Nebula in visible light. Credit: NASA/ESA Observation data: J2000 epoch … Wikipedia
cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… … Universalium
Stellar evolution — Life cycle of a Sun like star Stellar evolution is the process by which a star undergoes a sequence of radical changes during its lifetime. Depending on the mass of the star, this lifetime ranges from only a few million years (for the most… … Wikipedia