magnetic storm

noun

: a marked temporary disturbance of the earth's magnetic field held to be related to sunspots

Examples of magnetic storm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the early 1900s, the pioneering American astrophysicist George Ellery Hale discovered that the sunspots that Galileo and others had traced weren’t blemishes but magnetic storms, regions of intense activity that waxed and waned on the 11-year solar cycle. — Quanta Magazine, 28 May 2026

Risks are higher during periods of greater solar activity, which follows an 11-year cycle that researchers track by tallying the dark sunspots that represent magnetic storms capable of producing outbursts. — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2026

They are caused by magnetic storms that have been triggered by solar activity, such as solar flares or coronal mass ejections. — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Nov. 2025

For the rest of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth century, magnetic storms, triggered by colossal solar explosions, repeatedly disrupted those networks. — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for magnetic storm

• cuneiform
• iodoform
• nonuniform
• brainstorm
• conform
• deform
• firestorm
• hailstorm
• inform
• landform
• lukewarm
• perform