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plasmapause

American  
[plaz-muh-pawz] / ˈplæz məˌpɔz /

noun

Astronomy.

  1. the boundary of the plasmasphere, where the particle density decreases very rapidly.

Etymology

Origin of plasmapause

First recorded in 1965–70; plasma + pause

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