An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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homopause
  همگن‌مرز  
hamgen-marz
Fr.: homopause  

The altitude at which → molecular diffusion replaces → eddy diffusion as the dominant vertical transport mechanism. Light gases separate out from heavier ones above this altitude. The flux of hydrogen through the homopause is limited by diffusion.

Etymology (EN): → homo-; + pause “break, cessation, stop,” from M.Fr. pause, from L. pausa “a halt, stop, cessation,” from Gk. pausis “stopping, ceasing,” from pauein “to stop, to cause to cease.”

Etymology (PE): Hamgen, → homogeneous, + marz “frontier, border, boundary,” → frontier. frontier.