English Collins Dictionary - English synonyms & Thesaurus. 1 adj Something that is unique is the only one of its kind. Each person's signature is unique..., The area has its own unique language, Catalan. â¦ uniquely adv ADV group, ADV with v.
Solar flares are tremendous explosions on the surface of the Sun. In a matter of just a few minutes they heat material to many millions of degrees and release as much energy as a billion megatons of TNT.
Solar flares affect all layers of the solar atmosphere (photosphere, chromosphere, and corona), when the plasma medium is heated to tens of millions kelvins, while the cosmic-ray-like electrons, protons, and heavier ions are accelerated to near the speed of light.