An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Full of pores.

From M.Fr. poreux, from M.L. porosus, from L. porus "opening," → pore.

Porlik, from por "full; many," → full, + lik, → pore.

A type of → interstellar dust grain made up of an aggregate of components with a hollow structure. Various processes operating in interstellar and → circumstellar media are believed to produce inhomogeneous and porous dust grains. Porous grains can produce more → extinction per unit mass than their combined individual dust components. They are generally cooler than compact grains (see, e.g., Iati et al. 2001, MNRAS 322, 749).

→ porous; → dust; → grain.