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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
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
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(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
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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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