stellar wind


nounAstronomy.
  1. the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.

Origin of stellar wind

1
First recorded in 1960–65

Words Nearby stellar wind

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Scientific definitions for stellar wind

stellar wind

[ wĭnd ]


  1. The flow of plasma (extremely hot gas composed of ions) ejected from the surface of a star into space. The Sun's solar wind is a stellar wind.

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