population i
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A population or group of stars formed relatively late in the history of the Universe, characterized by having a high metallicity.
name
Alternative letter-case form of Population I.
Example Sentences
- "We generally place stars into one of three populations based on their metallicity. Population I stars like the Sun are metal heavy. They are younger stars and tend to be found in the spiral arms of the Milky Way."
- "Most stars, such as the sun, are third-generation "Population I" stars that contain relatively heavy elements such as iron, nickel, carbon and oxygen."
- "The brightness of these galaxies could be attributed to such stars, which would be much hotter and brighter than subsequent Population II stars and Population I stars, such as our sun, both of which fill our modern-day universe."