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axisymmetric collapse

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axisymmetric collapse has symmetry cylindrical 2001-09-27 09:29:55.0
has definition Collapse of mass in such a way that the mass maintains the symmetry of a cylinder. has source: Lightman, A., Brawer, R. 1990 The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists, Harvard University Press, 2001-09-27 09:29:55.0
is a kind of collapse

physical process has domain physics 2001-09-27 09:29:38.0

axisymmetric collapse	has symmetry cylindrical
	has definition Collapse of mass in such a way that the mass maintains the symmetry of a cylinder.
	is a kind of collapse
physical process	has domain physics