magnetosheath


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magnetosheath

(mag-nee -tŏ-sheeth) See magnetosphere.
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magnetosheath

[mag′nēd·ə‚shēth]
(geophysics)
The relatively thin region between the earth's magnetopause and the shock front in the solar wind.
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