solar wind
noun
: plasma continuously ejected from the sun's surface into and through interplanetary space
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The solar wind ripples through the heavens, spilling electric-green light into the night.
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Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2025
As well as being geometrically open to receiving the solar wind, this period also sees the magnetic fields of Earth and the solar wind briefly aligned.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
There are tangible reasons to study the solar wind.
—Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
To do this, the satellites will make 3D observations of both the inner solar system and the corona to learn how its mass and energy become solar wind blowing outward in all directions.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
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Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2025
As well as being geometrically open to receiving the solar wind, this period also sees the magnetic fields of Earth and the solar wind briefly aligned.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
There are tangible reasons to study the solar wind.
—Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
To do this, the satellites will make 3D observations of both the inner solar system and the corona to learn how its mass and energy become solar wind blowing outward in all directions.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for solar wind
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“Solar wind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20wind. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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