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dellinger effect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables
dellinger -ef-fect
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Dellinger effects (plural)

Questions

What does dellinger effect mean?
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.
Where does dellinger effect come from?
Named after John Howard Dellinger who discovered the effect around 1935.

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