BOK GLOBULE


Meaning of BOK GLOBULE in English

/bok/ , Astron.

a dense spherical cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space that absorbs light from stars. Also called globule .

[ 1975-80; after Bart J. Bok (b. 1906), American astronomer ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .