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单词 protostar
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Definition of protostar in English:

protostar

noun ˈprəʊtəʊstɑːˈproʊdəˌstɑr
Astronomy
  • A contracting mass of gas which represents an early stage in the formation of a star, before nucleosynthesis has begun.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Elongated chains of dust grains like these appear in the early stages of planet formation around a young protostar, according to a microgravity experiment inside a rocket.
    • In this, a passing protostar, loosely held together, passes close to our Sun whose gravity pulls off a filament of the star's material, which breaks up into segments that become six planets (not the current nine).
    • By peering in wavelengths not visible to the naked eye, through the nebula's gas and dust, astronomers can identify very young stars and even protostars - those that are about to light up, once the gases reach a critical density.
    • We already knew that planets form in the disks of gas and dust that surround young protostars.
    • Rotation forces some of the matter to accumulate in a disk rotating around the protostar (s).
 
 

Definition of protostar in US English:

protostar

nounˈproʊdəˌstɑrˈprōdəˌstär
Astronomy
  • A contracting mass of gas which represents an early stage in the formation of a star, before nucleosynthesis has begun.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Elongated chains of dust grains like these appear in the early stages of planet formation around a young protostar, according to a microgravity experiment inside a rocket.
    • By peering in wavelengths not visible to the naked eye, through the nebula's gas and dust, astronomers can identify very young stars and even protostars - those that are about to light up, once the gases reach a critical density.
    • In this, a passing protostar, loosely held together, passes close to our Sun whose gravity pulls off a filament of the star's material, which breaks up into segments that become six planets (not the current nine).
    • Rotation forces some of the matter to accumulate in a disk rotating around the protostar (s).
    • We already knew that planets form in the disks of gas and dust that surround young protostars.
 
 
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