previrialized

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ virialized

Adjective[edit]

previrialized (not comparable)

  1. virialized prior to some other operation
    • 2016, IDILICO Collaboration, J. M. Solanes, J. D. Perea, L. Darriba, C. García-Gómez, A. Bosma, E. Athanassoula, “Forming first-ranked early-type galaxies through hierarchical dissipationless merging”, in arXiv[1]:
      We have developed a computationally competitive N-body model of a previrialized aggregation of galaxies in a flat LambdaCDM universe to assess the role of the multiple mergers that take place during the formation stage of such systems in the configuration of the remnants assembled at their centres.