photoevaporate

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photoevaporate

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From photo- + evaporate.

verb photoevaporates · photoevaporating · photoevaporated

of energetic radiation or its source To ionise gas and cause it to disperse. High-mass stars rapidly (~ 10⁵ yr) photoevaporate the outer (r > 5 AU) portions of their disks […]

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@misc{photoevaporate_2026,
  title = {photoevaporate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/photoevaporate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}