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fingering convection
  همبز ِ انگشتوار  
hambaz-e angoštvâr
Fr.:  

A weak yet important kind of mixing that results from → fingering instability in stars within → radiative zones that have an unstable mean → molecular weight  → gradient. Also called
→ thermohaline convection.

See also: → finger; → -ing; → convection.