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PRONUNCIATION OF SFERICS

sferics  [ˈsfɛrɪks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SFERICS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sferics is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SFERICS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Radio atmospheric

A radio atmospheric signal or sferic is a broadband electromagnetic impulse that occurs as a result of natural atmospheric lightning discharges. Sferics may propagate from their lightning source without major attenuation in the Earth-Ionosphere waveguide, and can be received thousands of kilometers from their source. On a time-domain plot, a sferic may appear as a single high-amplitude spike in the time-domain data. On a spectrogram, a sferic appears as a vertical stripe that may extend from a few kHz to several tens of kHz, depending on atmospheric conditions. Sferics received from about 2000 kilometres distance or greater have their frequencies slightly offset in time, producing tweeks. When the electromagnetic energy from a sferic escapes the Earth-Ionosphere waveguide and enters the magnetosphere, it becomes dispersed by the near-earth plasma, forming a whistler signal. Because the source of the whistler is an impulse, a whistler may be interpreted as the impulse response of the magnetosphere.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SFERICS


Asterix
ˈæstərɪks
atmospherics
ˌætməsˈfɛrɪks
Beatrix
ˈbiːətrɪks
biometrics
baɪəˈmɛtrɪks
BRICs
brɪks
dominatrix
ˌdɒmɪˈneɪtrɪks
econometrics
ɪˌkɒnəˈmɛtrɪks
electrics
ɪˈlɛktrɪks
geriatrics
ˌdʒɛrɪˈætrɪks
Hendrix
ˈhɛndrɪks
hysterics
hɪˈstɛrɪks
lyrics
ˈlɪrɪks
matrix
ˈmeɪtrɪks
mediatrix
ˌmiːdɪˈeɪtrɪks
metrics
ˈmɛtrɪks
obstetrics
ɒbˈstɛtrɪks
oryx
ˈɒrɪks
paediatrics
ˌpiːdɪˈætrɪks
pediatrics
ˌpiːdɪˈætrɪks
spherics
ˈsfɛrɪks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SFERICS

seyen
Seyfert galaxy
Seyhan
Seymour
seysure
sez
sf
SFA
Sfax
SFO
Sforza
sforzando
sforzato
sfumato
SFW
SFX
sfz
sfz.
sg
sgd

WORDS THAT END LIKE SFERICS

Balearics
catoptrics
cliometrics
combinatorics
dioptrics
furnishing fabrics
gyniatrics
isometrics
kinesiatrics
metempirics
morphometrics
physiatrics
plyometrics
psychogeriatrics
psychometrics
sabermetrics
theatrics
zoiatrics

Synonyms and antonyms of sferics in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sferics» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SFERICS

Find out the translation of sferics to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sferics from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sferics» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sferics
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sferics
570 millions of speakers

English

sferics
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sferics
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sferics
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сферики
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sferics
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sferics
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sferics
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sfera
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sferics
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

空電
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sferics
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sferika
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sferics
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sferics
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सॅफिक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sferics
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sferics
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sferics
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Сферика
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sferics
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sferics
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sferics
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sferics
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sferics
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sferics

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SFERICS»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SFERICS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sferics

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SFERICS»

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The Electrical Nature of Storms
Both reported that horizontal polarization of sferics increased and vertical polarization decreased, indicating a greater preponderance of horizontal lightning channels, as the sferics rate and storm severity increased. Other observations also ...
D. R. MacGorman, W. D. Rust, 1998
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Handbook of Atmospheric Electrodynamics
These findings, however, do not allow the deduction of a direct biological effect of electromagnetic waves like sferics. Recently, Baumer and Eichmeier (1980, 1981 ) observed a correlation between the pulse rate of sferics and the diffusion time ...
Hans Volland, 1995
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Lightning: Physics and Effects
Thegroupdelaydiffer- ence (GDD), defined as the difference in the slope of φ(f ) with respect to f at two different frequencies, is a quantity that can be derived from the waveforms of sferics and then can be related to the distance traveled by the ...
Vladimir A. Rakov, Martin A. Uman, 2003
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Atmospheric Exploration by Remote Probes: Final Report of ...
Sferics satellites and their meteorological uses are a presently fashionable topic. Any system for the reception of sferics in a satellite must examine the nature of the disturbance generated at the source; the modification of the signals during ...
National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Remote Atmospheric Probing, 1969
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Source Variation and Ground Accessibility of Magnetospheric ...
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Daniel I. Golden, 2011
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PROJECT TORNADO-SFERICS.
Results of the 1960 Project Tornado-Sferics are presented. The AN/FMS-3 sferics equipment was operated for the first full severe weather season. Descriptions of the equipment and methods of operation and calibration are presented.
AIR WEATHER SERVICE SCOTT AFB IL., 1960
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How the Weather Affects Your Health: Easyread Large Bold Edition
Easyread Large Bold Edition Manfred Kaiser. range of natural electromagnetism. Two types are strong enough to grab the attention of biometeorologists: atmospheric discharges (sferics), and the ionization of the atmosphere (ions).
Manfred Kaiser, 2008
8
Long-range Detection of Sferics Over the Pacific Ocean: ...
These results were utilized to assimilate lightning data from PacNet into a NWP model.
Antti Pessi, 2008
9
Space Weather Study Using Multipoint Techniques
given on the right side of Figure 4 are estimated using the distance from observation site to the location of the causative sferics and the elevation angle of each channel field-of-view. The initial intensity enhancement starts at the top altitude ...
L.-H. Lyu, 2002
10
Broadband VLF Measurements of Large/small Scale D Region ...
The sferics are taken within a 30-minute period, which is long enough to include a sufficient number of sferics for effective averaging but short enough so that the large- scale D region density is not likely to change significantly [5]. In order to ...
Zhenggang Cheng, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SFERICS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sferics is used in the context of the following news items.
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SOS-Tipps gegen Kopfschmerzen im Sommer
... bei Gewitter leicht Kopfschmerzen. Laut dem Lifestyle-Magazin „Bella“ haben Forscher herausgefunden, dass sogenannte Sferics dafür verantwortlich sind. «www.fem.com, Jul 15»
2
How volcanic lightning is helping to demystify the Earth's …
Lightning creates bursts of very-low-frequency radio waves – known as atmospherics, or "sferics" for short – and these electromagnetic waves sometimes ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
3
Weird 'Trumpet Sounds' Coming From the Sky Are Freaking Out …
Scientists call the sounds “tweeks,” “whistlers” and “sferics.” The official continued: “They sound like background music from a flamboyant science fiction film, but ... «RYOT, Jun 15»
4
Strange Sound Heard in Batangas, Philippines - Real or Fake?
In an article posted on Mirror, NASA confirmed that the strange sounds heard across the globe are real, calling them tweeks, whistlers and sferics. NASA further ... «Zeibiz, Jun 15»
5
Suara Mirip Terompet dari Langit, Antara Teori NASA dan Kitab Suci
Para ilmuwan menyebutnya 'tweeks', 'whistlers'dan 'Sferics',” bunyi pernyataan NASA. ”Mereka terdengar seperti musik dari latar belakang film fiksi ilmiah, tapi ... «SINDOnews.com, May 15»
6
Ini Teori Sumber Suara Mirip Terompet di Langit
Para ilmuwan menyebutnya 'tweeks', 'whistlers'dan 'Sferics',” bunyi pernyataan NASA. ”Mereka terdengar seperti musik dari latar belakang film fiksi ilmiah, tapi ... «SINDOnews.com, May 15»
7
A UFO or sounds from God - just what is that evil-sounding trumpet …
Scientists call them “tweeks,” “whistlers” and “sferics.” "They sound like background music from a flamboyant science fiction film, but this is not science fiction. «Irish Mirror, May 15»
8
Misteri Bunyi Aneh, Bak Suara Terompet dari Langit
Para ilmuwan menyebutnya tweeks, whistlers, dan sferics," bunyi pernyataan NASA. "Bunyi-bunyi terdengar seperti musik latar belakang dari film fiksi ilmiah, ... «Dream, May 15»
9
Gerald Ehernberger
He practiced sferics, a way to use electronics to locate storms. On Dec. 30, 1949, Gerald was united in marriage to Claire Richter in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. «Columbus Telegram, Sep 14»
10
Lightning: how is it detected?
These pulses, known as sferics, have a very low frequency (VLF), which is outside the range of what we are able to see and much lower than the frequency of ... «Channel 4 News, May 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Sferics [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sferics>. Apr 2024 ».
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