frEGG
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[edit]Noun
[edit]frEGG (plural frEGGs)
- (astronomy) A free-floating evaporating gaseous globule; a relatively concentrated mass of gas in a star-forming region
- 2014, Raghvendra Sahai, Mark R. Morris, Mark J Claussen, Shocked and Scorched - Free-Floating Evaporating Gas Globules and Star Formation[1]:
- These results support our hypothesis that frEGGs are density concentrations originating in giant molecular clouds, that, when subject to the compression by the strong winds and ionization from massive stars in these MSFRs, become active star-forming cores.