INTERPLANETARY MEDIUM

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does interplanetary medium mean? 

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

1. interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and dust

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERPLANETARY MEDIUM (noun)

Meaning:

Interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and dust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("interplanetary medium" is a kind of...):

interplanetary space (the part of outer space within the solar system)

Meronyms (parts of "interplanetary medium"):

interplanetary dust (microscopic particles in the interplanetary medium)

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

solar magnetic field (the magnetic field of the sun)

solar wind (a stream of protons moving radially from the sun)

Holonyms ("interplanetary medium" is a part of...):

solar system (the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field)