magnetosphere

See also: magnétosphère

English

The magnetosphere of Earth.

Etymology

magneto- +‎ -sphere

Noun

magnetosphere (plural magnetospheres)

1. (physics) The comet-shaped region around Earth or another planet in which charged particles are trapped or deflected. Shaped by the solar wind and the planet's magnetic field.

Derived terms

• magnetospheric

Translations

region around a planet

• Basque: magnetosfera (eu)
• Catalan: magnetosfera f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 磁氣圈／磁气圈 (zh) (cíqìquān), 磁气圈 (zh) (cíqìquān), 磁層／磁层 (zh) (cícéng), 磁层 (zh) (cícéng)

• Czech: magnetosféra (cs) f
• Finnish: magnetosfääri (fi)
• French: magnétosphère (fr) f
• Galician: magnetosfera (gl) f
• German: Magnetosphäre (de) f
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• Italian: magnetosfera (it) f
• Japanese: 磁気圏 (じきけん, jikiken)
• Korean: 자기권 (jagigwon)
• Portuguese: magnetosfera f
• Russian: магнитосфе́ра (ru) f (magnitosféra)
• Spanish: magnetosfera f
• Tagalog: balnibulog
• Turkish: magnetosfer
• Vietnamese: quyển từ