Definition of magnetopause in English:
magnetopause
noun maɡˈniːtəʊpɔːzmaɡˈnēdəˌpôz
The outer limit of a magnetosphere.
Example sentencesExamples
- When the magnetopause is stationary it must be in equilibrium with all forces and torques balanced.
- Our relatively puny magnetic field holds the Solar Wind at bay, at the magnetopause, a distance of 60,000 km from Earth.
- The magnetosphere varies in size and shape, and its outer boundary - the magnetopause - gently undulates like a wave due to buffeting by the solar wind.
- The magnetopause shown in the movie is based upon the empirical model of Petrinec and Russell.
- Global stationary diffusion due to wave-particle interactions does not take place at the magnetopause.