The Collaborative International Dictionary
magnetic storm \magnetic storm\ n. A sudden disturbance of the earth's magnetic field; caused by emission of particles from the sun.
WordNet
n. a sudden disturbance of the earth's magnetic field; caused by emission of particles from the sun
Wikipedia
Magnetic storm can refer to:
- A geomagnetic storm
- Magnetic Storm (book), the title of a book of paintings by Roger Dean
- Magnetic Storm (film), the title of an hourlong PBS NOVA documentary about Earth's changing magnetic fields
Usage examples of "magnetic storm".
When such a cloud hits the Earth's magnetosphere it rattles the entire geomagnetic field, causing a magnetic storm.
Still, there was only the slimmest of chances that the spacecraft could carry their human crews through nine months in interplanetary space without running into a magnetic storm spawned by a solar flare.
That magnetic screen was intended to repel energetic subatomic particles that the Jovian magnetosphere sometimes spat out during a magnetic storm.
Anyway, the beams can't be very accurate with this hellish magnetic storm going on.
A magnetic storm can affect a compass to the extent of a couple of degrees.
I'm deaf, wisdom cut off abruptly by the magnetic storm triggered by the dying fireball.
It would speak of the magnetic storm that had hurled them through space.