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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

protoplanetary disk en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A rotating disk of dense gas and dust surrounding a young newly formed star, and from which planets may be formed.

Forms

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protoplanetary disks Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

minor planet · ecliptic plane · meteoroid · ecliptic · planemo · planetary embryo · planetary-mass object · protoplanetary core · asteroid · planetary object · planetessimal · planetary core · planetoid · proto-planetary core

Deriveds

proplyd · PPD

Hypernyms

debris disk · circumstellar disc · debris disc · circumstellar disk · disc · disk

Relateds

planet · protoplanet · proto-planet · disk · planetary disc · planetary · circumplanetary disc · proto-planetary · inter-planetary disc · protoplanetary · interplanetary disk · interplanetary plane · planetary plane · disc · planetary disk · interplanetary disc · inter-planetary disk · inter-planetary plane · circumplanetary disk

Synonyms

PPD · proplyd

Translations (6)

fi esiplanetaarinen kiekko (disk of dense gas and dust) · ja 原始惑星系円盤 (disk of dense gas and dust) · hu protoplanetáris korong (disk of dense gas and dust) · hi आदिग्रहीय चक्र (disk of dense gas and dust) · cmn 原行星盤 /原行星盘 (disk of dense gas and dust) · pl dysk protoplanetarny (disk of dense gas and dust)