stellar wind

noun

: plasma continuously ejected from a star's surface into surrounding space

Examples of stellar wind in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In another imaging campaign, API, assisted by AMIGO, was able to produce detailed images of a black hole jet, the volcanic surface of Jupiter's moon Io, and stellar winds emanating from a distant variable star. —Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025

Streamers of gas can be spotted exiting the nebula, blown off by intense stellar winds. —Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Sep. 2025

The team remains unsure of what triggered the star to release the silicon and sulfur shell and is considering the possibility that the star interacted with a potential companion star, experienced exceptionally strong stellar winds or underwent a massive pre-supernova outburst. —Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025

Other possibilities include a pre-supernova eruption, especially strong stellar winds, or even a run-in with an unknown companion star. —Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stellar wind

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