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Toomre criterion
  سنجیدار ِ تومره  
sanjidâr-e Toomre
Fr.: critère d'Ostriker-Peebles  

A criterion for the stability of the disk of a → spiral galaxy. It is expressed by the → Toomre parameter.

See also: → Toomre criterion; → criterion.