Meanings
proper noun
- Clipped compound of Population III.
But Pop III stars are purely theoretical, having never been observed – their mass means they would have collapsed into black holes and quasars long ago.
2022 November 9, Brandon Vigliarolo, The Register, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2022
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APA
Pop III. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pop%20III
MLA
“Pop III.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pop%20III. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pop III,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pop%20III.
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