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accretion disk

Syllabification: (ac·cre·tion disk)
Definition of accretion disk

noun

Astronomy
  • a rotating disk of matter formed by accretion around a massive body (such as a black hole) under the influence of gravitation.

accretion disk in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of accretion disk in the British & World English dictionary