Chemicals and Drugs

Cosmic Dust

Finely divided solid matter with particle sizes smaller than a micrometeorite, thus with diameters much smaller than a millimeter, moving in interplanetary space. (NASA Thesaurus, 1994)

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Finely divided solid matter with particle sizes smaller than a micrometeorite, thus with diameters much smaller than a millimeter, moving in interplanetary space. (NASA Thesaurus, 1994)

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Interplanetary Dust
  • Interstellar Dust
  • Cosmic Dusts
  • Dust, Cosmic
  • Dust, Interplanetary
  • Dust, Interstellar
  • Dusts, Cosmic
  • Dusts, Interplanetary
  • Dusts, Interstellar
  • Interplanetary Dusts
  • Interstellar Dusts

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Aspects Covered

2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, analysis.

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History Note

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Tree Numbers

  1. D20.633w.222w.200w
  2. G01w.060.075w.159.200w
  3. G16.500.275w.240.200w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cosmic Dust. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019443. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019443
  2. Cosmic Dust. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_dust
  3. Cosmic Dust. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193384