gravitational instability

collocation in English

meaningsofgravitationalandinstability

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gravitational
adjective
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/ˌɡræv.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən.əl/us
/ˌɡræv.əˈteɪ.ʃən.əl/
relating to gravity or gravitation (= the force that attracts objects towards ...
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instability
noun[U]
uk
/ˌɪn.stəˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/ˌɪn.stəˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
uncertainty caused by the possibility of a sudden change in the ...
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The effects of various dampings on the threshold of thegravitationalinstabilitycan be deduced by numerical solutions of (26) and (27).
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Due to this effect, thegravitationalinstabilitydevelops gradually in the diffusion time (approximately 21.7t0 107 years).
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For strong magnetic field cases, we confirm that thegravitationalinstabilitydevelops gradually on a time scale characteristic of ambipolar diffusion.
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The critical regime is considered in which the circulations due to the centrifugal force and the verticalgravitationalinstabilityare of equal significance.
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However, the growth rate of a possiblegravitationalinstabilitywill be reduced when collisions between ions and neutral particles are more frequent.
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In recent years a large number of investigators have devoted their efforts to the study ofgravitationalinstabilityof an anisotropicpressure plasma.
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In this case no unstable modes could be found, which provides evidence that the mechanism triggering the breakdown of the front into the lobe-and-cleft pattern is indeed agravitationalinstability.
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Mattei (1978) studied thegravitationalinstabilityof anisotropic plasma using polytropic relations.
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Alternatively, planetesimals can form in a very dense layer of dust grains that undergoes a collectivegravitationalinstabilityin the mid-plane of a protoplanetary disk.
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The favorite hypothesis is formation by thegravitationalinstability.
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Planetary formation can also be triggered bygravitationalinstabilitywithin the disk itself, which leads to its fragmentation into clumps.
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He has made discoveries related togravitationalinstabilityin the interstellar medium and several contributions to the theory of thermal processes in magnetized dilute plasmas.
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Thegravitationalinstabilityof mature oceanic lithosphere has the effect that at subduction zones, oceanic lithosphere invariably sinks underneath the overriding lithosphere, which can be oceanic or continental.
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