单词 | population iii |
释义 | > as lemmaspopulation III population III n. Astronomy a hypothetical population of short-lived supermassive stars that may have existed before the period of galaxy formation, proposed in order to account for the observed metallicity of population II stars. ΚΠ 1966 Science 18 Mar. 1418/3 Woolf noted that these first-generation ‘Population-III’ stars in our galaxy were probably large (10 solar masses) and short-lived (about 107 yr). 1987 Nature 30 Apr. 829/1 A recent paper by Cayrel adds an interesting twist to speculation on the whereabouts of those most elusive of astronomical objects, Population III stars. 2003 Sci. Let. (Nexis) 17 Feb. 8 The theory of population III stars suggests they are long dead in the local Universe. < as lemmas |
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