coronal mass ejection

noun

A massive burst of solar wind, other light isotope plasma, and magnetic fields rising above the solar corona or being released into space.

Meanings

nouncoronal mass ejection (countable and uncountable, plural coronal mass ejections)

plural coronal mass ejections

  1. countableuncountableastronomyA massive burst of solar wind, other light isotope plasma, and magnetic fields rising above the solar corona or being released into space.

Translations

Arabic لفظ كتليّ إِكْلِيلِيّ
  • لفظ كتليّ إِكْلِيلِيّcoronal mass ejection
Catalan ejecció de massa coronal
  • ejecció de massa coronalcoronal mass ejection
Chinese Mandarin 日冕物質拋射 /日冕物质抛射, 日冕巨量噴發 /日冕巨量喷发
  • 日冕物質拋射 /日冕物质抛射 (rìmiǎn wùzhì pāoshè)coronal mass ejection
  • 日冕巨量噴發 /日冕巨量喷发 (rìmiǎn jùliàng pēnfā)coronal mass ejection
Finnish koronan massapurkaus
  • koronan massapurkauscoronal mass ejection
French éjection de masse coronale
  • éjection de masse coronalecoronal mass ejection
German koronaler Massenauswurf
  • koronaler Massenauswurfcoronal mass ejection
Hindi कोरोना द्रव्य उत्क्षेपण
  • कोरोना द्रव्य उत्क्षेपण (koronā dravya utkṣepaṇ)coronal mass ejection
Hungarian koronakidobódás
  • koronakidobódáscoronal mass ejection
Irish eisteilgean maise corónaí
  • eisteilgean maise corónaícoronal mass ejection
Italian espulsione di massa coronale
  • espulsione di massa coronalecoronal mass ejection
Japanese コロナ質量放出
  • コロナ質量放出 (korona shitsuryō hōshutsu)coronal mass ejection
Polish koronalny wyrzut masy
  • koronalny wyrzut masycoronal mass ejection
Portuguese ejeção de massa coronal
  • ejeção de massa coronalcoronal mass ejection
Russian корональный вы́брос массы
  • корональный вы́брос массы (koronalʹnyj výbros massy)coronal mass ejection
Spanish eyección de masa coronal
  • eyección de masa coronalcoronal mass ejection
Swedish koronamassutkastning
  • koronamassutkastningcoronal mass ejection
Turkish taçküre kütle atımı
  • taçküre kütle atımıcoronal mass ejection
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