ionization front

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ionization front [‚ī·ə·nə′zā·shən ‚frənt]

(astronomy)

A transition region that separates interstellar gas in which a given atomic species (usually hydrogen) is mostly ionized from interstellar gas in which it is mostly neutral.

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