solar wind

noun

: plasma continuously ejected from the sun's surface into and through interplanetary space

Examples of solar wind in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This observation contributes to Solar Orbiter's broader mission to study the sun's magnetic activity, solar wind origins, and energetic processes that influence space weather around Earth. —Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 26 Nov. 2025

With a fresh wave of solar wind shaking up Earth’s magnetic field, the sky is gearing up for another cosmic performance, just as everyone settles in for travel, turkey and holiday chaos. —Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025

Since entering interstellar space, the craft has been studying plasma waves, cosmic rays and magnetic fields in the heliosphere, the immense bubble of solar wind around the solar system. —George Petras, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025

Strong solar wind speed and periods of favorable magnetic field orientation are driving up geomagnetic storms to G1-G3; with G4 still possible tonight. —Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for solar wind

• underpinned
• chagrined
• crosswind
• downwind
• rescind
• upwind
• whirlwind
• woodwind
• finned
• ginned
• grinned
• pinned

Kids Definition

solar wind

noun

: the continuous radiation of charged particles from the sun's surface