INTERPLANETARY GAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interplanetary gas mean? 

• INTERPLANETARY GAS (noun)
  The noun INTERPLANETARY GAS has 1 sense:

1. a rarefied flow of gas and charged particles (plasma) that stream from the sun and form the solar wind

  Familiarity information: INTERPLANETARY GAS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERPLANETARY GAS (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)