terminal age main sequence (TAMS) — An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

terminal age main sequence (TAMS)

رشته‌ی ِ فریست با سن ِ پایانی

rešte-ye farist bâ senn-e pâyâni

Fr.: séquence principale d'âge terminal

The locus of stars on the → Hertzsprung-Russell diagram that are at the point of exhausting hydrogen in their cores. TAMS forms the upper luminosity boundary of the → main sequence strip. See also
→ zero age main sequence (ZAMS).

See also: → terminal; → age; → main; → sequence.

An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics