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radiation belt

noun, Physics.
1.
Van Allen belt.
Origin of radiation belt
1955-1960
First recorded in 1955-60
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  • Staying far enough up to maintain orbit, they were close enough to be below the planet's radiation belt.

    The Secret of the Ninth Planet Donald Allen Wollheim
British Dictionary definitions for radiation belt

radiation belt

noun
1.
a region in the magnetosphere of a planet in which charged particles are trapped by the planet's magnetic field, an example being the earth's Van Allen belts
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Contemporary definitions for radiation belt
noun

a region around a planet where charged particles accumulate due to the planet's magnetic field

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