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magnetotail
mag·ne·to·tail [ mag ntō tàyl ] (plural mag·ne·to·tails)


noun 
Definition:
 
wind-driven plasma: the long tapering region of plasma that is driven away from an astronomical object's magnetosphere by the solar wind
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