heliopause (redirected from heliopauses)

he·li·o·pause  (hl--pôz)

n.

The area in which the outgoing solar wind and the incoming plasma from interstellar space meet. It is the boundary of our solar system.

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heliopause  (hl--pôz)

The region surrounding the solar system at which pressure from the outgoing solar wind equals the pressure from the interstellar medium (made up mostly of hydrogen and helium), and the solar wind can penetrate no further. It is considered to be the outer boundary of our solar system. See more at solar wind.

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Noun

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heliopause - the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind from the sun and the radiation from other stars meet boundary, bounds, bound - the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something