magnetosphere
magnetosphere
Definition
mag·neto·sphere (mag nēt′ō sfir′, -nēt′ə-; --net′-)
mag·ne′·to·spher′ic (---sfer′ik, -sfir′-) adjective
magnetosphere
Usage Examples
Possessives
- earth: The IMAGE web site discusses NASA's mission dedicated to imaging the Earth's magnetosphere.
Converse of object
- have: In 1959, Dr. Van Allen discovered that the Earth has a magnetosphere.
- call: The main difficulty arises from the rapidly varying magnetic fields which originate in a region of near-Earth space called the magnetosphere.
Adjective modifier
- Jovian: Apart from the Solar Wind, the Jovian magnetosphere is the largest structure in our Solar System.
- outer: Plasma flows in the dayside outer magnetosphere; the plasma rotates with the planet every 10 hours.
- inner: The mission will apply techniques developed for Cluster to resolve spatial and temporal structure in the inner magnetosphere for the first time.
- middle: Changes in magnetic field geometry while the spacecraft is traversing the transition region between the outer and middle magnetosphere are also considered.
- planetary: Music Of The Spheres: January 2004 The Universe has its own heavenly sounds, such as pulsars, planetary magnetospheres and solar winds.
- terrestrial: Possible applications to observations in the terrestrial magnetosphere are discussed.
Modifies a noun
- particle: Magnetosphere particle showers finally the field the depression i'm.
- shower: Magnetosphere particle showers finally the field the depression i'm.
Noun used with modifier
- pulsar: The amount of braking can be related to the number of charges leaving the pulsar magnetosphere.
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