Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

molecular cloud

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: molec-u-lar -cloud
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large and relatively dense cloud of cold gas and dust in interstellar space from which new stars are formed

Inflected Forms

molecular clouds (plural)

Phrases

molecular core

Frequently Paired Words

molecular core intergalactic cloud solar nebula dark nebula absorption nebula Herbig-Haro object

Questions

What does molecular cloud mean?: A large and relatively dense cloud of cold gas and dust in interstellar space from which new stars are formed

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