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birkeland current

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
birke-land cur-rent
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A set of currents that flow along geomagnetic field lines connecting the Earth's magnetosphere to the Earth's high-latitude ionosphere.

Etymology

Predicted in 1908 by Norwegian explorer and physicist Kristian Birkeland.

Inflected Forms

Birkeland currents (plural)

Questions

What does birkeland current mean?
A set of currents that flow along geomagnetic field lines connecting the Earth's magnetosphere to the Earth's high-latitude ionosphere.
Where does birkeland current come from?
Predicted in 1908 by Norwegian explorer and physicist Kristian Birkeland.

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