the highly compressed state of matter, esp in white dwarfs and neutron stars, supported against gravitational collapse by quantum mechanical effects
Examples of 'degenerate matter' in a sentence
degenerate matter
These theorized objects made of electron degenerate matter produce little, if any, light of their own—a true death of the star.
2019, 'Four Types of Stars That Will Not Exist for Billions or Even Trillions of Years',Smithsonianhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/four-types-stars-will-not-exist-billions-or-even-trillions-years-180971299/