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substorms

substorms is the plural of substorm.

Meaning of substorm

Noun

substorm (plural substorms)

  1. A phenomenon in which a magnetotail becomes swollen and unstable.
    • At times, however, energy builds up within the magnetic field until it suddenly breaks loose into what is called a substorm, releasing a burst of electrical current that turns the auroras into pulsing red, purple and white colors.2007 January 23, Warren E. Leary, “Five New Satellites With a Mission of Finding a Source of Color in Space”, in New York Times

Questions about substorms

What is substorms the plural of?
Substorms is the plural of substorm.

Words near substorms in the dictionary

  1. substores
  2. substories
  3. substorm
  4. substorm current wedge
  5. substorm current wedges
  6. substorms
  7. substory
  8. substract
  9. substracted
  10. substracting
  11. substraction

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Adapted from Wiktionary: substorms (page history and authors); substorm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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