An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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The outpouring of particles and gas from a star, occurring at varying rates and by a variety of processes throughout a star's lifetime. → Bipolar flows are believed to be due to mass loss by forming → protostars, while → massive stars lose their mass through powerful → stellar winds.

→ mass; → loss.

The rate with which the → mass loss process takes place, usually expressed in → solar mass per year. → radiation-driven mass loss. The mass loss rate and the → terminal velocity are anti-correlated, since the → wind momentum is constant, → bi-stability jump.

→ mass loss; → rate.

The → mass loss experienced by a → massive star due to the effect of → radiation-driven wind.

→ radiation; driven, p.p. of → drive; → mass; → loss.