circumstellar disk

A form of circumstellar disc — A torus-, pancake- or ring-shaped accretion disk of matter composed of gas, dust, planetesimals, asteroids, or collision fragments in orbit around a star.

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Meanings

nouncircumstellar disk (plural circumstellar disks)

plural circumstellar disks

  1. alternativeAlternative form of circumstellar disc.
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circumstellar disk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumstellar%20disk

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