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convective envelope
  پوشه‌ی ِ همبزی  
puše-ye hambazi
Fr.: enveloppe convective  

  1. A → convective zone situated beneath the surface of solar type stars.

  2. Stellar models show that → massive stars also possess an outer convective envelope encompassing several percent of the stellar radius. Fast rotation amplifies the size of the convective envelope in → OB stars and developes anisotropic convective envelops
    (Maeder et al. 2008, A&A 479, L37).

See also: → convective; → envelope