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INTERPLANETARY GAS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rarefied flow of gas and charged particles (plasma) that stream from the sun and form the solar wind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("interplanetary gas" is a kind of...):
plasma ((physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons)
Holonyms ("interplanetary gas" is a part of...):
interplanetary medium (interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and dust)
Holonyms ("interplanetary gas" is a substance of...):
solar wind (a stream of protons moving radially from the sun)
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