plasmasphere

[ plaz-muh-sfeer ]
/ ˈplæz məˌsfɪər /

noun Astronomy.

a region of cool plasma surrounding the earth, extending 8000–25,000 miles (13,000–40,000 km) into space, and bounded by the plasmapause.

Origin of plasmasphere

First recorded in 1965–70; plasma + -sphere

Words nearby plasmasphere

plasmalogen, plasmapause, plasmapheresis, plasmapheretic, plasmasol, plasmasphere, plasmid, plasmin, plasminogen, plasminogen activator, plasmo-

Example sentences from the Web for plasmasphere

  • The plasmasphere of Eisberg differed from that of Earth in two ways.

    Unwise Child |Gordon Randall Garrett