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degenerate matter
degenerate matter
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matter consisting of atoms that have lost their orbital electrons.
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degenerate matter
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n
astronomy
the highly compressed state of matter, esp in white dwarfs and neutron stars, supported against gravitational collapse by quantum mechanical effects
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