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accretion shock

noun

Definitions

  1. A spherical shock wave that arises when material spirals inward to a gravitational source…

    A spherical shock wave that arises when material spirals inward to a gravitational source such as a star or black hole.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for accretion shock. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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