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

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Translations

boundary marking one of the outer limits of the Sun's influence

French: choc terminal

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