xenosphere

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English

Etymology

From xeno- +‎ sphere.

Noun

xenosphere (plural xenospheres)

  1. A spheroid culture from a xenograft.
  2. A particulate remnant of carbon released in the combustion of oil or coal.
    • 1970, Alfred Gordon Gaydon, Flames; their structure, radiation and temperature, page 204:
      There is good evidence that with burning oil sprays the larger droplets may crack to carbon, sometimes forming xenospheres which pass through the flame front.
    • 1988, Ronald J. Adrian, Laser Anemometry in Fluid Mechanics III:
      In the region of the spray cone rather large vaporizing or burning oil droplets up to 100 rim, or their residuals like xenospheres, will be found.