English Explanatory Dictionary

Dellinger effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

Dellinger effect Dellinger effects

Etymology

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

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