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Blaauw mechanism
  ساز-و-کار ِ بلاؤ  
sâzokâr-e Blaauw
Fr.: mécanisme de Blaauw  

A mechanism aimed at explaining the → disruption of a → binary system. As one component loses mass dramatically, the resulting loss of → gravitational attraction changes the orbit of, or ejects completely, the → companion star.

Etymology (EN): Adriaan Blaauw (1914-2010), 1961, Bull. Astron. Inst. Netherlands 15, 265; → mechanism.