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magnetosonic

magnetosonic adjective: describing a longitudinal wave of ions (and electrons) in a magnetized plasma that propagates perpendicular to the stationary magnetic field.

Adjective

magnetosonic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a longitudinal wave of ions (and electrons) in a magnetized plasma that propagates perpendicular to the stationary magnetic field.

Origin of magnetosonic

From magneto- + sonic.

Words formed from magnetosonic

Questions about magnetosonic

What does magnetosonic mean?
Magnetosonic means describing a longitudinal wave of ions (and electrons) in a magnetized plasma that propagates perpendicular to the stationary magnetic field.
What part of speech is magnetosonic?
Magnetosonic is an adjective.

Words near magnetosonic in the dictionary

  1. magnetosignal
  2. magnetosignals
  3. magnetosomal
  4. magnetosome
  5. magnetosomes
  6. magnetosonic
  7. magnetospectroscopy
  8. magnetosphere
  9. magnetospheres
  10. magnetospheric
  11. magnetospherically

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