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radiation belts

radiation belts is the plural of radiation belt.

Meaning of radiation belt

Noun

radiation belt (plural radiation belts)

  1. A region of high-energy charged particles which partly surrounds a planet or star, trapped by its magnetic field and characterized by intense radiation.
    • Radiation belts have been found circling all the planets in the Solar System that have a strong magnetic field, namely Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Earth.2003, Marshall Cavendish Corporation, How It Works: Science and Technology, 3rd edition, →ISBN, page 1899

Questions about radiation belts

What is radiation belts the plural of?
Radiation belts is the plural of radiation belt.

Words near radiation belts in the dictionary

  1. radiatiform
  2. radiating
  3. radiatingly
  4. radiation
  5. radiation belt
  6. radiation belts
  7. radiation biology
  8. radiation chemistry
  9. radiation damage
  10. radiation dose
  11. radiation doses

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