Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Surrounding a nucleus.
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- adjective Surrounding, or rotating around a
nucleus
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Examples
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Orbiting the black hole like the rings of Saturn, several light years away, is a massive disk of gas called the circumnuclear disk; Morris hypothesizes that the magnetic field lines are anchored in this disk.
Double Helix Nebula Disovered William Harryman 2007
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Numerical simulations of merging gas-rich spiral galaxies show that during the merging process, gas clouds lose their angular momentum and flow into the circumnuclear region of the host galaxies.
"Horsefeathers" – NGC 7770/71 Galaxy Group by Ken Crawford | Universe Today 2010
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The resulting high concentration of molecular gas can fuel star-formation activity in the circumnuclear region.
"Horsefeathers" – NGC 7770/71 Galaxy Group by Ken Crawford | Universe Today 2010
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While there is a slight possibility that the circumnuclear electrons, or the organization of the atoms into crystals might effect the result, it seems very unlikely.
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