ALL meanings of magnetosphere
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M m - noun magnetosphere the outer region of the earth's ionosphere, where the earth's magnetic field controls the motion of charged particles, as in the Van Allen belts. Compare magnetopause. 1
- noun magnetosphere such a region of another planet: Jupiter's magnetosphere. 1
- noun magnetosphere The region surrounding the earth or another astronomical body in which its magnetic field is the predominant effective magnetic field. 1
- noun magnetosphere (physics) The comet-shaped region around Earth or another planet in which charged particles are trapped or deflected. Shaped by the solar wind and the planet's magnetic field. 0
- noun magnetosphere the region surrounding a planet, such as the earth, in which the behaviour of charged particles is controlled by the planet's magnetic field 0
- noun magnetosphere that region surrounding a planet in which the planet's magnetic field is stronger than the interplanetary field: the solar wind gives it a cometlike shape with the tail extending from the night side of the planet for vast distances 0