| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| IMF polarity | Space | The general direction of interplanetary magnetic field lines in a certain location (e.g.near Earth), i.e.whether they head away from the Sun ("away polarity") or towards it ("towards polarity"). The IMF polarity determines which of the polar caps of the Earth is magnetically linked to the Sun and gets polar rain guided towards it. See interplanetary sector. (references) | |
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