"molecular cloud" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: molecular clouds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} molecular cloud (plural molecular clouds)
  1. (astronomy) A large and relatively dense cloud of cold gas and dust in interstellar space from which new stars are formed Wikipedia link: molecular cloud Categories (topical): Astronomy, Astrophysics Hypernyms: nebula, interstellar cloud Related terms: molecular core Coordinate_terms: intergalactic cloud, solar nebula, dark nebula, absorption nebula, Herbig-Haro object Translations (large dense cloud in space): molekyylipilvi (Finnish), Molekülwolke [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-molecular_cloud-en-noun-h3npxGqe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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