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stellar wind

noun

Definition of STELLAR WIND

: plasma continuously ejected from a star's surface into surrounding space

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First Known Use of STELLAR WIND

1965

Rhymes with STELLAR WIND

AmerInd, in the wind, near the wind, off the wind, on the wind, second wind, solar wind, tamarind

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