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Home Dictionary Name: self luminousNebula
A faint cloudlike self luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars The term was originally applied to any diffuse luminous region Now technically it is applied to interstellar clouds of dust and gases diffuse nebula However distant galaxies and very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope such as the spiral nebula in Andromeda known now to be a distant galaxy...
Mesothorium
a radioactive isotope of radium radium 228 with a half life of 58 years Also called mesothorium 1 or mesothorium I to distinguish it from a subsequent decay product mesothorium II actinium 228 It was discovered in 1907 by Otto Hahn as a decay product of thorium produced by decay of thorium 232 Mesothorium 1 radium 228 in turn produces actinium 228 mesothorium 2 as the first product of its radioactive decay and the actinium 228 in turn decays quickly half life of 6 hours to thorium 228 which is also called radiothorium the thorium 228 has a half life of 191 years shorter than that of the radium 228 It was discovered and named before full recognition of the nature of isotopes of the elements and was distinguished from other variants of radium by its half life and mode of production and decay It was also cheaper to prepare than other short lived radium isotopes and was thus sold commercially for use eg in making watch dials readable in the dark by painting the hands and hour marks with a ...
Self luminous
Possessing in itself the property of emitting light...
Pleno lumine
Pleno lumine. See IN PLENO LUMINE....
Luminant
Luminous...
luminousness
the quality of being luminous emitting or reflecting light...
In pleno lumine
In pleno lumine, in public; in common knowledge; in the light of day....
self-insure
self-insure : to insure by self-insurance (as in workers' compensation) [an employer wishing to its liability "Pennsylvania Statutes"] vi : to use self-insurance [a governmental agency that s] self-in·sur·er n ...
Self acting
Acting of or by ones self or by itself said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency automatic as a self acting feed apparatus a self acting mule a self acting press...
Self government
The act of governing ones self or the state of being governed by ones self self control self command...
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