An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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solar wind
  باد ِ خورشید، ~ ِ خورشیدی  
bâd-e xoršid, ~ xoršidi
Fr.: vent solaire  

A mass outflow, consisting of protons, electrons, and other subatomic particles, expelled constantly from the solar corona at about 500 km per second.
The solar mass-loss rate in this phenomenon amounts to about 2 x 10-14 solar masses per year, or about 106 tons per second. → stellar wind.

See also: → solar; → wind.