• Virialization

    Origin

    en + -virial + ization

    Full definition of virialization

    Noun

    virialization

    (usually uncountable; plural virializations)
    1. (astronomy) The formation of a dynamic equilibrium in a system of collisionless particles modelled as being subject only to Newtonian gravity (galaxy, other stellar system, or galaxy cluster).
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