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PLANETESIMAL HYPOTHESIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does planetesimal hypothesis mean?

• PLANETESIMAL HYPOTHESIS (noun)
The noun PLANETESIMAL HYPOTHESIS has 1 sense:

1. (cosmology) the theory that the solar system was formed by the gravitational accumulation of planetesimals

Familiarity information: PLANETESIMAL HYPOTHESIS used as a noun is very rare.

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• PLANETESIMAL HYPOTHESIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(cosmology) the theory that the solar system was formed by the gravitational accumulation of planetesimals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("planetesimal hypothesis" is a kind of...):

scientific theory (a theory that explains scientific observations)

Domain category:

cosmogeny; cosmogony; cosmology (the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe)

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