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superalfvenic

superalfvenic adjective: having a velocity greater than that of an Alfvén wave.

Adjective

superalfvenic (comparative more superalfvenic, superlative most superalfvenic)

  1. Having a velocity greater than that of an Alfvén wave
    • Fast radiation-driven winds and supernovae input their huge kinetic power into the interstellar medium in the form of highly supersonic and superalfvenic outflows.2015, Andrei Bykov, “Nonthermal particles and photons in starburst regions and superbubbles”, in Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, volume 2014

Forms of superalfvenic

comparativemore superalfvenic
superlativemost superalfvenic

Origin of superalfvenic

From super- + Alfvenic.

Questions about superalfvenic

What does superalfvenic mean?
Superalfvenic means having a velocity greater than that of an Alfvén wave.
What part of speech is superalfvenic?
Superalfvenic is an adjective.

Words near superalfvenic in the dictionary

  1. superagonistic
  2. superagonistically
  3. superagonists
  4. superagrarian
  5. superalert
  6. superalfvenic
  7. superalgebra
  8. superalgebraic
  9. superalgebras
  10. superalgorithm
  11. superalgorithms

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