VAN ALLEN BELT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A belt of charged particles (resulting from cosmic rays) above the Earth trapped by the Earth's magnetic field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

belt (an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found)

Part meronym:

earth; globe; world (the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on)

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