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BIRKELAND CURRENTS

Specialty Definition: BIRKELAND CURRENTS

DomainDefinition

Space

Electric currents linking the Earth´s ionosphere with more distant regions, flowing along magnetic field lines. Named for Kristian Birkeland, a pioneer of auroral research who first proposed such currents around 1900, these currents are often associated with the polar aurora and with substorms. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: BIRKELAND CURRENTS

Specialty definitions using "BIRKELAND CURRENTS": Birkeland, Kristian OlafElectrojets, auroralSubstorm. (references)

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Anagrams: BIRKELAND CURRENTS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-e-e-i-k-l-n-n-r-r-r-s-t-u"

-5 letters: internuclear, relubricated, relubricates, unrestrained.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BIRKELAND CURRENTS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 49 52 4B 45 4C 41 4E 44      43 55 52 52 45 4E 54 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01001001 01010010 01001011 01000101 01001100 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01000011 01010101 01010010 01010010 01000101 01001110 01010100 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#73 &#82 &#75 &#69 &#76 &#65 &#78 &#68 &#32 &#67 &#85 &#82 &#82 &#69 &#78 &#84 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0049 0052 004B 0045 004C 0041 004E 0044      0043 0055 0052 0052 0045 004E 0054 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36435245394635483823755525239485453

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3. Orthography
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