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chaotically
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An inner radiative zone (makes up 70 percent of the Sun by radius), where energy flows smoothly and the whole region spins together like a solid ball, and the outer convective zone (the remaining 30 percent), where hot gases swirl chaotically and spin at different speeds depending on location.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025 -
Where most fields twist chaotically and scramble the signal, Punctum’s fields are highly aligned.—
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New Atlas,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Messily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messily. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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