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Diaster vs Diastem - What's the difference?

diaster | diastem |

As nouns the difference between diaster and diastem

is that diaster is a double star; applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei while diastem is intervening space; interval.

diaster

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) A double star; applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei.

    • See also

    * karyokinesis (Webster 1913)

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    diastem

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Intervening space; interval.
  • (obsolete, music) An interval.
  • (geology) A minor depositional break.
    • (Webster 1913)