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intershell en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɪntɚˌʃɛl/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European *skol-yeh₂ Proto-Germanic *skaljō Proto-West Germanic *skallju Old English sċiell Middle English schelle English shell English intershell From inter- + shell.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Between shells.
    • "This cluster is unusual in that its outermost shell has fewer atoms than the underlying shell, and CO ligands bridge intershell metal atoms." 2007 September 21, Phil Szuromi, “Chemistry: Bigger with Platinum”, in Science 317, published 1651:

intershell en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɪntɚˌʃɛl/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European *skol-yeh₂ Proto-Germanic *skaljō Proto-West Germanic *skallju Old English sċiell Middle English schelle English shell English intershell From inter- + shell.

Meanings

  1. The layer between two stellar shells, particularly between the hydrogen and helium shells.
    • "In this inner portion of the intershell 13C and N are totally absent, but there is some 16O." 1981, A. Renzini, “Evolutionary Effects of Mass Loss in Low-Mass Stars”, in Effects of Mass Loss on Stellar Evolution, →ISBN, page 332:

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