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magnetopause definition

mag·neto·pause (mag nēt′ō pôz′, -nēt′ə-)

noun

the outer boundary of a magnetosphere that separates a planet's magnetic field from interplanetary space

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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