English Explanatory Dictionary

hot corino

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The warm, dense inner region of the envelope of young stellar objects where complex organic molecules are located.

Word forms

hot corino hot corinos

Etymology

Coined in 2004 (see quote below) from hot core, to differentiate the core of low-mass from high-mass protostars. Compare Italian -ino (“diminutive”).

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