heliosphere

See also: héliosphère

English

Etymology

From helio- +‎ -sphere.

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Noun

heliosphere (plural heliospheres)

1. (astronomy) The region of space where interstellar medium is blown away by solar wind; the boundary, heliopause, is often considered the edge of the Solar System.

Hypernyms

• astrosphere

Hyponyms

• inner heliosphere
• outer heliosphere

 

Coordinate terms

• bow shock
• heliopause
• heliosheath
• termination shock
• solar magnetosphere
• solar wind

Derived terms

• heliospheric

Translations

region of space

• Catalan: heliosfera f
• Danish: heliosfære (da) c
• Finnish: heliosfääri (fi)
• French: héliosphère (fr) f
• Galician: heliosfera (gl) f
• German: Heliosphäre (de) f
• Greek: ηλιόσφαιρα (el) f (iliósfaira)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: heliosfære m

  Nynorsk: heliosfære m

• Polish: heliosfera (pl) f
• Swedish: heliosfär (sv) c

See also

• stellar magnetosphere
• stellar wind

Further reading

• heliosphere on Wikipedia.Wikipedia