solar_wind
has definitions from the fields of physics,astronomy
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[ noun ] (physics,astronomy) a stream of protons moving radially from the sun
Used in print (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)Further , the corpuscular_radiation , i.e. , the solar_wind protons , must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust and cause a slow diminution in size , with a resultant increase in both the Poynting-Robertson effect and the ratio of the repulsive_force to the gravitational_force . Related terms |
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