accretion disk

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• accretion disc

Noun

accretion disk (plural accretion disks)

1. (astrophysics) A structure formed by matter falling into a gravitational source such as a galaxy, black hole, or protostar.

Hyponyms

• MAD
• SANE

Coordinate terms

• debris disk
• planetary disk
• planetary ring
• protoplanetary disk

Translations

structure formed by matter falling into a gravitational source

Chinese: Mandarin: 吸積盤 / 吸积盘 (xījīpán) Dutch: accretieschijf Esperanto: alkreska disko Finnish: kertymäkiekko French: disque d'accrétion (fr) m German: Akkretionsscheibe (de) f Ido: kreskodisko (io) Italian: disco di accrescimento m Korean: 응축원반(凝縮圓盤) (eungchugwonban) Polish: dysk akrecyjny (pl) m Portuguese: disco de acreção m Russian: аккрецио́нный диск m (akkreciónnyj disk) Spanish: disco de acrecimiento m Swedish: ackretionsskiva