heliopause

See also: héliopause

English

Etymology

From helio- +‎ -pause.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhiː.li.ə.pɔːz/, /ˈhɛ-/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhi.li.əˌpɔz/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈhi.li.əˌpɑz/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

heliopause (plural heliopauses)

1. (astronomy) The boundary of heliosphere where the Sun's solar wind is stopped by the interstellar medium.

Coordinate terms

• heliosphere
• heliosheath
• termination shock
• stellar magnetosphere
• stellar wind

Translations

boundary

• Catalan: heliopausa f
• Dutch: heliopauze
• Finnish: heliopaussi (fi)
• French: héliopause (fr) f
• Galician: heliopausa (gl) f
• German: Heliopause (de) f
• Greek: ηλιόπαυση (el) f (iliópafsi)
• Italian: eliopausa f
• Macedonian: хелиопа́уза f (heliopáuza)
• Polish: heliopauza (pl) f
• Portuguese: heliopausa f
• Russian: гелиопа́уза (ru) f (geliopáuza)
• Spanish: heliopausa f
• Swedish: heliopaus (sv) c