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homopause

noun

Etymology

From homo- + pause.

  1. derived from παῦσις
  2. derived from pausa
  3. derived from pause
  4. prefixed as homopause — “homo + pause”

Definitions

  1. The level of an atmosphere below which its constituent molecules are well mixed

    • The H#95;3#43; peak in EGPs with upper atmospheres where H#95;2 is dissociated under strong stellar illumination is pushed to altitudes below the homopause, where this ion is likely to be destroyed through reactions with heavy species.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for homopause. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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