"circumstellar disc" meaning in All languages combined

See circumstellar disc on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: circumstellar discs [plural], circumstellar disk [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} circumstellar disc (plural circumstellar discs)
  1. (astronomy) A torus-, pancake- or ring-shaped accretion disk of matter composed of gas, dust, planetesimals, asteroids, or collision fragments in orbit around a star.
    Sense id: en-circumstellar_disc-en-noun-5esBRNKb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Astronomy Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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