Plasma

Of physical chemistry and state.

(physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons; "particles in space exist in the form of a plasma".

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    A rarefied flow of gas and charged particles (plasma) that stream from the sun...