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space weather

space weather noun: any phenomena related to the radiation and particles emitted by the Sun, especially in the vicinity of the Earth that may have an effect on the Earth or human activity in the space.

Noun

space weather (uncountable)

  1. Any phenomena related to the radiation and particles emitted by the Sun, especially in the vicinity of the Earth that may have an effect on the Earth or human activity in the space.
    • It may sound like science fiction, but heightened solar activity (known as space weather) can affect human technologies not just in space, but also in the air and on the ground.2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30

Words formed from space weather

Questions about space weather

What does space weather mean?
Space weather means any phenomena related to the radiation and particles emitted by the Sun, especially in the vicinity of the Earth that may have an effect on the Earth or human activity in the space.
What part of speech is space weather?
Space weather is a noun.

Words near space weather in the dictionary

  1. space walks
  2. space wave
  3. space waves
  4. space weapon
  5. space weapons
  6. space weather
  7. space weathering
  8. space work
  9. space writer
  10. space writers
  11. space-based

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