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

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

The spacecraft picked up solar wind particles while orbiting the L1 Lagrange point, which is about 1 million miles from Earth. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 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

Meanwhile, increased solar wind activity hastened its orbital decay. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 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