intrafilamentary

English

Etymology

intra- +‎ filamentary

Adjective

intrafilamentary (not comparable)

1. Within a filament
   • 2015, Behnam Darvish, Bahram Mobasher, David Sobral, Shoubaneh Hemmati, Hooshang Nayyeri, Irene Shivaei, “Spectroscopic Study of Star-forming Galaxies in Filaments and the Field at $z\sim$0.5: Evidence for Environmental Dependence of Electron Density”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     However, we show that on average, filament star-forming galaxies are more metal-enriched ($\sim$ 0.1$-$0.15 dex), possibly due to the inflow of the already enriched intrafilamentary gas into filament galaxies.