protosun
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of proto-Sun
Example Sentences
- "The resulting contraction of the solar nebula caused most of its mass to be concentrated in the form of the protosun. The subsequent compression of the gas and dust caused the temperature of the interior of the protosun to increase. […] The contraction of the protosun until ignition of the hydrogen-fusion reaction lasted only about 30 million years. […] The resulting star then takes its place on the main sequence […]."
- "The youthful exuberance of the T-Tauri stage was thus spent after about 10 million years. The proto-Sun at that point had attained its full mass, but it still had a long way to go before it became a fully-fledged star."
Etymology
From proto- + sun.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: proto