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

Due to the geometry of Earth's magnetic field relative to the sun, conditions become more favorable for the solar wind's magnetic field to connect with Earth's, allowing energy to funnel more efficiently down to the poles. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026

In March 2025, NASA launched the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, made up of four satellites in Earth’s orbit that study how the Sun’s outer surface layer creates the solar wind. — Mary Magnuson, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026

Around the spring and fall equinoxes, conditions can become more favorable for the solar wind to interact with Earth’s magnetosphere. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 8 Sep. 2026

Two modest orbiters, part of NASA’s ESCAPADE mission, are on the way to Mars after launching last year to study the interaction between the Martian atmosphere and the solar wind. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for solar wind

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

Kids Definition

solar wind

noun

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