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stellar wind
noun Astronomy.
the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
Origin:
1960–65
1960–65
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Stellar wind
is always a great word to know.
So is planet. Does it mean:
| any of the small bodies, often remnants of comets, traveling through space: when such a body enters the earth's atmosphere it is heated to luminosity and becomes a meteor |
| any of the nine large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun |
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stellar wind  (wĭnd) Pronunciation Key
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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