An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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mechanical wind
  باد ِ مکانیکی  
bâd-e mekâniki
Fr.: vent mécanique  

A process in which matter is shed into a → Keplerian disk from a star rotating at the → critical velocity. The disk is probably destroyed by the pressure exerted by the stellar radiation and finally matter is lost. Such a process seems to occur around → Be stars
which are stars rotating at or very near the critical limit (Meynet et al. 2007, arXiv:0709.2275).

See also: → mechanical; → wind.