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plasmasphere
[ plaz-muh-sfeer ]
noun
, Astronomy.
- a region of cool plasma surrounding the earth, extending 8000–25,000 miles (13,000–40,000 km) into space, and bounded by the plasmapause.
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Origin of plasmasphere1
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Example Sentences
The plasmasphere of Eisberg differed from that of Earth in two ways.
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