synestia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A donut-shaped body of vaporized and molten rock formed from the collision of two planet-sized objects.

Pronunciation

/sɪˈnɛstɪə/

Word forms

synestia synestias

Etymology

From syn- (“together”) + Hestia.

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