interstellar extinction

noun

the dimming of light from the stars due to absorption and scattering from dust in the interstellar medium

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Meanings

nouninterstellar extinction (uncountable)
  1. uncountableastronomythe dimming of light from the stars due to absorption and scattering from dust in the interstellar medium
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