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Van Allen Belt

Definition: Van Allen Belt

Van Allen Belt

Noun

1. A belt of charged particles (resulting from cosmic rays) above the Earth trapped by the Earth's magnetic field.

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Specialty Definitions: Van Allen Belt

DomainDefinitions

Electrical Engineering

One of the belts of ionising radiation surrounding the earth, one centred about 2000 mi(3200km)above the earth, one at about 10, 000 mi(16, 000 km), and one at about 20, 000 mi(32, 000km). Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Van Allen Belt

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField
VABDEnglishVan Allen Belt DosimeterN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: Van Allen Belt

Specialty definitions using "Van Allen belt": radiation beltSouth Atlantic AnomalyVan Allen belt, Van Allen radiation belt, Van Allen radiation belt. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Van Allen Belt

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

van allen belt

40
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Modern Translations: Van Allen Belt

Language Translations for "Van Allen belt"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

van Allen-baelte (radiation belt). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Van Allen-gordel (radiation belt). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

van Allenin vyöhyke (radiation belt), van Allenin säteilyvyöhyke (radiation belt). (various references)

   

French

  

ceinture de van Allen. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ζώνη ακτινοβολίας Bαν'Aλεν (radiation belt), ζώνη Bαν'Aλεν (radiation belt). (various references)

   

Italian

  

fascia di van Allen (radiation belt), cintura di van Allen (radiation belt). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

anvay allenay eltbay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

cintura de van Allen (radiation belt). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cinturón van-Allen (radiation belt). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Van Allen Belt

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-e-l-l-l-n-n-t-v"

-4 letters: avellane, tannable, tellable.

-5 letters: avellan, balneal, eatable, labella, tenable, vallate.

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Alternative Orthography: Van Allen Belt


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

56 61 6E      41 6C 6C 65 6E      42 65 6C 74

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

        

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

01010110 01100001 01101110 00100000 01000001 01101100 01101100 01100101 01101110 00100000 01000010 01100101 01101100 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#97 &#110 &#32 &#65 &#108 &#108 &#101 &#110 &#32 &#66 &#101 &#108 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 0061 006E      0041 006C 006C 0065 006E      0042 0065 006C 0074

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

56678023578787180236717886

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Abbreviations
6. Acronyms
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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