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heliolongitude

heliolongitude noun: a longitude described in terms of solar coordinates.

Noun

heliolongitude (plural heliolongitudes)

  1. A longitude described in terms of solar coordinates.
    • Recent modelling of solar energetic particles (SEPs) propagation through the heliospheric turbulence, also discussed in this workshop, has investigated the role of the pitch-angle scattering and the perpendicular transport in spreading particles in heliolongitude, as shown by multi-spacecraft...2015, F. Fraschetti, “Cross-field transport and pitch-angle anisotropy of solar energetic particles in MHD turbulence”, in arXiv

Forms of heliolongitude

pluralheliolongitudes

Origin of heliolongitude

From helio- + longitude.

Words formed from heliolongitude

Questions about heliolongitude

What does heliolongitude mean?
Heliolongitude means a longitude described in terms of solar coordinates.
What part of speech is heliolongitude?
Heliolongitude is a noun.
What is the plural of heliolongitude?
The plural of heliolongitude is heliolongitudes.

Words near heliolongitude in the dictionary

  1. heliolitids
  2. heliological
  3. heliologist
  4. heliologists
  5. heliology
  6. heliolongitude
  7. heliolongitudes
  8. heliolongitudinal
  9. heliomagnetic
  10. heliomagnetism
  11. heliometer

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