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English
Etymology
From inter- + shell.
Pronunciation
Adjective
intershell (not comparable)
- (physics) Between shells.
2007 September 21, Phil Szuromi, “Chemistry: Bigger with Platinum”, in Science 317, published 1651:"This cluster is unusual in that its outermost shell has fewer atoms than the underlying shell, and CO ligands bridge intershell metal atoms."
Noun
intershell (plural intershells)
- (astronomy) The layer between two stellar shells, particularly between the hydrogen and helium shells.
1981, A. Renzini, “Evolutionary Effects of Mass Loss in Low-Mass Stars”, in Effects of Mass Loss on Stellar Evolution, →ISBN, page 332:"In this inner portion of the intershell 13C and N are totally absent, but there is some 16O."