Within molecular clouds are regions with higher density, where lots of dust and gas cores reside, called clumps. These clumps are the beginning of star formation, if gravity can overcome the high density and force the dust and gas to collapse.
Taoism [is] the way of man's cooperation with the course or trend of the natural world, whose principles we discover in the flow patterns of water, gas, an fire, which are subsequently memorialized or sculptured in those of stone and wood, and, later, in many forms of human art. (From Tao: The Watercourse Way).
From the pinyin romanization of Chinese é (DÃ o, literally â the Way â) or (dÃ o, circuit). From the pinyin romanization of Chinese å (dÄo, literally â single-edged blade â) Proper noun . dao (Chinese philosophy) Alternative form of Tao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life. Noun . dao (usually uncountable, plural daos) ( 1 historical) Synonym of : various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China. 2  A Chinese sword with a curved, single-edged blade, primarily used for slashing and chopping.