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

Using the X-ray spacecraft XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission), astronomers have observed stellar winds from a hypergiant star feeding an extreme stellar remnant known as a neutron star, left over after a massive star dies. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026

The cavity has been carved into the nebula by ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds from massive young stars. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026

The group based its calculations on how much the jets were bent by the stellar wind as well as computer modeling. — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026

Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) and the European VLBI Network (EVN), Prabu and his colleagues were able to reconstruct high-resolution images of the jets over time, watching as they were buffeted to and fro by intense stellar winds from the nearby star. — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stellar wind

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