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Interstellar medium — Interstellar redirects here. For other uses, see Interstellar (disambiguation). The distribution of ionized hydrogen (known by astronomers as H II from old spectroscopic terminology) in the parts of the Galactic interstellar medium visible… … Wikipedia
interstellar medium — Content of the region between the stars, including vast, diffuse clouds of gases and minute solid particles. Such tenuous matter in the Milky Way Galaxy accounts for about 5% of its total mass. By no means a complete vacuum, the interstellar… … Universalium
Big Medium — Infobox Software name = Big Medium developer = Josh Clark released = January 13 2003 latest release version = 2.0 latest release date = release date|2007|12|17 operating system = Cross platform platform = Perl language = English status = Active… … Wikipedia
List of fictional planets by medium — This is a list of fictional planets organized by the medium in which they primarily appear.Novels and short stories =Adams, Douglas= *Brontitall The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy (radio series); planet of bird people who live in the ear of a… … Wikipedia
warm-hot intergalactic medium — noun the relatively hot (warmer than warm, but cooler than hot) intergalactic medium found within a filament of galaxies (galaxy filament), wall of galaxies (galaxy wall), sheet of galaxies (galaxy sheet) or galaxy hypercluster (hypercluster,… … Wiktionary
cloud classification — Clouds can be classified either according to their form (i.e., cirrus, cumulus, and stratus) or their height (low, medium, and high clouds). The height of low clouds varies from 0 up to 6500 ft (2 km); medium clouds from 6500 to 13,000 ft (2–4… … Aviation dictionary
List of cloud types — Clouds are formed in Earth s atmosphere when water evaporates into vapor from oceans, lakes, and ponds or by evapotranspiration over moist areas of Earth s land surface. The vapor rises up into colder areas of the atmosphere due to convective,… … Wikipedia
MERIS — MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) is one of the main instruments on board the European Space Agency (ESA) s Envisat platform.This instrument is composed of five cameras disposed side by side, each equipped with a pushbroom… … Wikipedia
nebula — nebular, adj. /neb yeuh leuh/, n., pl. nebulae / lee , luy /, nebulas. 1. Astron. a. Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Cf. dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula … Universalium
cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… … Universalium
