metallic-line
Astronomy
adjective
Designating a main-sequence star whose spectrum shows unusually strong absorption lines for many of the heavier elements, including rare earths.
Origin
1940s.
- respirate
- respiration
- respirational
- respiration rate
- respirative
- respirator
- respiratored
- respiratory
- respiratory acidosis
- respiratory alkalosis
- respiratory center
- respiratory centre
- respiratory chain
- respiratory distress syndrome
- respiratory pigment
- respiratory quotient
- respiratory syncytial virus
- respiratory therapist
- respiratory therapy
- respiratory tract
- respiratory tree
- respire
- respirer
- respirit
- respirited