heliopause

See also: héliopause

English

Etymology

helio- +‎ -pause

Noun

heliopause (plural heliopauses)

1. (astronomy) The boundary of heliosphere where the Sun's solar wind is stopped by the interstellar medium.

Coordinate terms

• heliosphere
• heliosheath
• termination shock
• stellar magnetosphere
• stellar wind

Translations

boundary

• Catalan: heliopausa f
• Dutch: heliopauze
• Finnish: heliopaussi (fi)
• French: héliopause (fr) f
• Galician: heliopausa (gl) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Heliopause f
• Italian: eliopausa f
• Portuguese: heliopausa f
• Russian: гелиопа́уза (ru) f (geliopáuza)
• Spanish: heliopausa f