magnetic storm

NOUN

electrical storm

Synonyms

WEAK

geomagnetic storm

Example Sentences

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Colorful auroras appeared around Japan's Honshu and Hokkaido islands on May 11, 2024, sparked by an intense magnetic storm.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

The magnetic storm which disrupted communications Easter Sunday was probably started, thinks Professor Menzel, when the earth coursed through the tail end of a corona streamer.

From Time Magazine Archive

One day last week a violent "magnetic storm" or disturbance of the earth's magnetic field broke out.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the heavy magnetic storm of November 1959, the moon relay got through to Hawaii when all other radio links failed.

From Time Magazine Archive

What we should conclude is that the solar activity which produces a spot also produces the magnetic storm.

From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Newcomb, Simon