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Dellinger effect

Dellinger effect noun: a ionospheric perturbation, resulting from abnormally high ionization or plasma density in the D region of the ionosphere and caused by a solar flare and/or solar particle event.

Noun

Dellinger effect (plural Dellinger effects)

  1. A ionospheric perturbation, resulting from abnormally high ionization or plasma density in the D region of the ionosphere and caused by a solar flare and/or solar particle event.

Forms of Dellinger effect

pluralDellinger effects

Origin of Dellinger effect

Named after John Howard Dellinger who discovered the effect around 1935.

Questions about Dellinger effect

What does Dellinger effect mean?
Dellinger effect means a ionospheric perturbation, resulting from abnormally high ionization or plasma density in the D region of the ionosphere and caused by a solar flare and/or solar particle event.
What part of speech is Dellinger effect?
Dellinger effect is a noun.
What is the plural of Dellinger effect?
The plural of Dellinger effect is Dellinger effects.

Words near Dellinger effect in the dictionary

  1. Dellenbaugh
  2. Deller
  3. Delligatti
  4. Delligattis
  5. Dellinger
  6. Dellinger effect
  7. Dellinger effects
  8. Dellingers
  9. Dellingr
  10. Dellionaire
  11. Dellionaires

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