An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

In → magnetocentrifugal models of → protostars, the wind arising from a significant range of radii in the → accretion disk. The contribution from innermost parts of the disk is dealt with by the → X-wind model. (Königl A. and Pudritz R. E., 2000, In Protostars and Planets IV,
V. Mannings, et al. (eds.), Tucson: Univ. Arizona Press, p. 759).

See also: → disk; → wind.