Definition of magnetosphere in English:
magnetosphere
noun maɡˈniːtəsfɪəmæɡˈnidəˌsfɪr
The region surrounding the earth or another astronomical body in which its magnetic field is the predominant effective magnetic field.
Example sentencesExamples
- Unlike Earth, which sits inside a protective magnetic shield called the magnetosphere, Mars does not have a global magnetic field to protect it from solar flares and cosmic rays.
- August 2 marked the beginning of 10 days of flares and explosions that would stir up the magnetosphere and radiation belts of Earth.
- Some of the currents that flow through the magnetosphere can flow down along the Earth's magnetic field to form two ovals of current centered on the north and south magnetic poles.
- Like the Solar Wind, the magnetosphere is full of plasma, consisting of ions and electrons.
- Observations from Earth showed that Jupiter has a massive magnetosphere and that the planet emits radiation at radio wavelengths.
Derivatives
adjective
The observations showed a bending of the magnetic field, with the magnetospheric plasma being slowed and deflected by the moon.
Example sentencesExamples
- I work in planetary science, which includes very different fields like geology, atmospheric science, and magnetospheric studies - fields that rarely overlap.
- For those measurements, Hasegawa says, scientists will have to wait for a future generation of magnetospheric satellites.
- Though magnetospheric physicists have long puzzled over the mechanism that accelerates the particles inside Earth's cavity, recent observations suggest that the Van Allen radiation belts act as a sort of cosmic particle accelerator.
- A major finding of the magnetospheric imaging instrument is the discovery of a new radiation belt just above Saturn's cloud tops, up to the inner edge of the D-ring.
Definition of magnetosphere in US English:
magnetosphere
nounmæɡˈnidəˌsfɪrmaɡˈnēdəˌsfir
The region surrounding the earth or another astronomical body in which its magnetic field is the predominant effective magnetic field.
Example sentencesExamples
- August 2 marked the beginning of 10 days of flares and explosions that would stir up the magnetosphere and radiation belts of Earth.
- Some of the currents that flow through the magnetosphere can flow down along the Earth's magnetic field to form two ovals of current centered on the north and south magnetic poles.
- Unlike Earth, which sits inside a protective magnetic shield called the magnetosphere, Mars does not have a global magnetic field to protect it from solar flares and cosmic rays.
- Observations from Earth showed that Jupiter has a massive magnetosphere and that the planet emits radiation at radio wavelengths.
- Like the Solar Wind, the magnetosphere is full of plasma, consisting of ions and electrons.