termination shock
English
Noun
termination shock (plural termination shocks)
- (astronomy) the boundary marking one of the outer limits of the Sun's influence, where the solar wind dramatically slows
- (astronomy) by extension, that point for space around any star
Coordinate terms
- heliosphere
- heliosheath
- heliopause
- stellar wind
- stellar magnetosphere
Translations
boundary marking one of the outer limits of the Sun's influence
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