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magnetotail.

Noun
Sci-FiSettingTechnical
MEANING

The elongated part of a magnetosphere stretched away from an incoming stellar wind or other plasma flow.

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a planet’s magnetic surroundings extending downstream; charged-particle environments in orbital fiction; a magnetic region distinguished from a visible solid tail

Words that belong together

  • a planetary magnetotail
  • Earth’s magnetotail

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The probe crossed the planetary magnetotail before returning to the sunward side.
Earth’s magnetotail changed as the solar wind varied.

Related words

magnetic tailmagnetospheric tailplasma sheet (a component)
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magnetotail

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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular magnetotail; plural magnetotails. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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