Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

radiation belt

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables: ra-di-a-tion -belt
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A region of high-energy charged particles which partly surrounds a planet or star, trapped by its magnetic field and characterized by intense radiation.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

radiation belts (plural)

Phrases

Van Allen radiation belt

Questions

What does radiation belt mean?: A region of high-energy charged particles which partly surrounds a planet or star, trapped by its magnetic field and characterized by intense radiation.

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