Meanings
nounheliopause (plural heliopauses)
plural heliopauses
- astronomyThe boundary of heliosphere where the Sun's solar wind is stopped by the interstellar medium.
Origin
Translations
Catalan heliopausa
- heliopausaboundary
Dutch heliopauze
- heliopauzeboundary
Finnish heliopaussi
- heliopaussiboundary
French héliopause
- héliopauseboundary
German Heliopause
- Heliopauseboundary
Greek ηλιόπαυση
- ηλιόπαυση (iliópafsi)boundary
Hungarian heliopauza
- heliopauzaboundary
Italian eliopausa
- eliopausaboundary
Polish heliopauza
- heliopauzaboundary
Portuguese heliopausa
- heliopausaboundary
Russian гелиопа́уза
- гелиопа́уза (geliopáuza)boundary
Spanish heliopausa
- heliopausaboundary
Swedish heliopaus
- heliopausboundary
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APA
heliopause. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heliopause
MLA
“heliopause.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heliopause. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heliopause,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heliopause.
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