magnetosheath

[ mag-nee-tuh-sheeth ]

nounAstronomy.
  1. the region between the magnetopause of the earth or of some other planet and the shock front caused by the solar wind.

Origin of magnetosheath

1
First recorded in 1965–70; magneto- + sheath

Words Nearby magnetosheath

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