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Alfven surfaces

Alfven surfaces is the plural 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).

Questions about Alfven surfaces

What is Alfven surfaces the plural of?
Alfven surfaces is the plural of Alfven surface.

Words near Alfven surfaces in the dictionary

  1. Alfurs
  2. alfuzosin
  3. alfuzosine
  4. Alfven
  5. Alfven surface
  6. Alfven surfaces
  7. Alfven wave
  8. Alfven waves
  9. Alfvenic
  10. Alfvén
  11. Alfvén surface

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