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interstellar extinction

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables
in-ter-stel-lar ex-tinc-tion
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the dimming of light from the stars due to absorption and scattering from dust in the interstellar medium

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Usage

Questions

What does interstellar extinction mean?
the dimming of light from the stars due to absorption and scattering from dust in the interstellar medium

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