"molecular core" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: molecular cores [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} molecular core (plural molecular cores)
  1. a dense core found in molecular clouds which lead to the formation of stars Categories (topical): Astrophysics Hyponyms: protostellar core (alt: a molecular core which contains a protostar or YSO) Related terms: molecular cloud Coordinate_terms: Herbig-Haro object, absorption nebula, dark nebula, interstellar nebula, interstellar cloud, nebula
    Sense id: en-molecular_core-en-noun-T41Rtbu6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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