degenerate matter

noun

matter which has sufficiently high density that the dominant contribution to its pressure arises from the Pauli exclusion principle.

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Meanings

noundegenerate matter (uncountable)
  1. uncountablenatural sciencesmatter which has sufficiently high density that the dominant contribution to its pressure arises from the Pauli exclusion principle.
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