NOUN
- a sudden disturbance of the earth's magnetic field; caused by emission of particles from the sun
How To Use magnetic storm In A Sentence
- As the magnetic storm raged through the night, huge geomagnetically induced currents surged through the wires and cables.
- They discovered that a stroke was 19 per cent more likely to happen following a geomagnetic storm. Times, Sunday Times
- These increases in activity are known as geomagnetic storms. Aurora Borealis
- The resulting geomagnetic storm would be potentially devastating for a world that depends on electricity and telecommunications, they warned. Times, Sunday Times
- The coronal mass ejection it set off created a strong so-called geomagnetic storm that lasted nearly 12 hours - enough time for auroras to spread from Europe to North America, NASA officials said in a statement. Livescience.com
- The charged solar particles flow down these ropes, providing the energy for the geomagnetic storms and the auroras. Times, Sunday Times
- During magnetic storms the intense electrical currents that f ow in the upper atmosphere heat the air, causing it to expand.
- The station, which is now orbiting about 358 km above the earth, has dropped about 7km in the past two weeks due to strong magnetic storms.
- These features are the dominant sources of disturbances in space weather that lead to geomagnetic storms.
- As the magnetic storm raged through the night, huge geomagnetically induced currents surged through the wires and cables.