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heliosheaths

heliosheaths is the plural of heliosheath.

Meaning of heliosheath

Noun

heliosheath (plural heliosheaths)

  1. A zone between the termination shock and the heliopause, in the heliosphere, at the outer border of the Solar System, where the solar wind is dramatically slower than within the termination shock.
    • We encroach deeper into the furthest extent of the heliosheath, which thins out all the time.2023, Martin MacInnes, In Ascension, Atlantic Books, page 388

Questions about heliosheaths

What is heliosheaths the plural of?
Heliosheaths is the plural of heliosheath.

Words near heliosheaths in the dictionary

  1. helioseismologist
  2. helioseismologists
  3. helioseismology
  4. helioses
  5. heliosheath
  6. heliosheaths
  7. heliosis
  8. heliospectrograph
  9. heliosphere
  10. heliospheres
  11. heliospheric

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