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noun
The warm, dense inner region of the envelope of young stellar objects where complex organic molecules are located.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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History
Coined in 2004 (see quote below) from hot core, to differentiate the core of low-mass from high-mass protostars. Compare Italian -ino (“diminutive”).
