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ALL meanings of coronal mass ejection

coronal mass ejection
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  • noun coronal mass ejection a cloud of particles ejected from the sun's surface during a solar flare 3
  • noun coronal mass ejection a large-scale solar event involving an ejection of hot plasma that may accelerate charged particles and travel as far as the earth's orbit, preceded by a shock front that may create a magnetic storm on earth. Abbreviation: CME. 1
  • noun coronal mass ejection A massive burst of solar wind, other light isotope plasma, and magnetic fields rising above the solar corona or being released into space. 0
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