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Alfvén surface

Alfvén surface is the alternative form of Alfven surface.

Meaning of Alfven surface

Noun

Alfven surface (plural Alfven surfaces)

  1. (stellar astronomy) The outer edge of the corona. The boundary that separates a star's atmosphere from its exosphere (heliosphere, astrosphere), where Alfven waves transition into stellar wind (solar wind).

Forms of Alfvén surface

pluralAlfvén surfaces

Questions about Alfvén surface

What is Alfvén surface the alternative form of?
Alfvén surface is the alternative form of Alfven surface.

Words near Alfvén surface in the dictionary

  1. Alfven surfaces
  2. Alfven wave
  3. Alfven waves
  4. Alfvenic
  5. Alfvén
  6. Alfvén surface
  7. Alfvén surfaces
  8. Alfvén wave
  9. Alfvén waves
  10. Alfy
  11. alféreces

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