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

The most remarkable thing about this investigation is the fact that the helium leaking from WASP-121b forms two distinct tails, one of which is pushed back behind the exoplanet by radiation and stellar winds from its parent star. —Robert Lea, Space.com, 11 Dec. 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