tho|lin «THOH luhn, THOL uhn», noun.
a chemical mixture of complex organic compounds found in interstellar space: »
The Cornell group proposed that the interstellar solid grains are composed of tholins and that the more complex interstellar gas molecules are their degradation products (Joseph Ashbrook).
╂[< Greek tholós mud + English -in]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.