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  • noun astronomy A relatively small, relatively cool halo

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mini- +‎ halo

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  • When they first identified a dark matter minihalo that contained a cooling, gravitationally collapsing gas region, they "re-zoomed" the calculation and focused on that region alone.

    Ars Technica Matt Ford 2011

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