"warm-hot intergalactic medium" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: warm–hot intergalactic medium [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=warm–hot intergalactic medium}} warm–hot intergalactic medium (uncountable)
  1. (astronomy) A sparse, warm-to-hot (105 to 107 K) plasma that cosmologists believe to exist in the spaces between galaxies and to contain 40–50% of the baryons in the universe at the current epoch. Wikipedia link: warm–hot intergalactic medium Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Astronomy Synonyms: WHIM [abbreviation] Related terms: inter-galactic medium (english: IGM), intra-cluster medium (alt: ICM), inter-stellar medium (alt: ISM), inter-planetary medium (alt: IPM)
    Sense id: en-warm-hot_intergalactic_medium-en-noun-tfDrnzmI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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