Meanings
nounmacroclump (plural macroclumps)
plural macroclumps
- A relatively large clump
To what extent does macroclumping alter SED slopes and flux levels? In addressing the question, two specific types of macroclump geometries are explored: shell fragments ("pancake"-shaped) and spherical clumps.
2016, Richard Ignace, “Long-Wavelength, Free-Free Spectral Energy Distributions from Porous Stellar Winds”, in arXiv
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