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adj
Between shells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
The layer between two stellar shells, particularly between the hydrogen and helium shells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- Proto-Indo-European *skolH-yeh2 Proto-Germanic *skaljō Proto-West Germanic *skallju Old English sċiell Middle English schelle English shell English intershell From inter- + shell.
