Opacity Is

question 49

Multiple Choice

Opacity is

• A) the balance between the pressure and force of gravity inside a star.
• B) the force that binds protons and neutrons together to form a nucleus.
• C) the force that binds an electron to the nucleus in an atom.
• D) a measure of the ease with which photons can pass through a gas.
• E) the temperature and density at which a gas will undergo thermonuclear fusion.

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Definitions:

Psychoanalysis

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