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sferics

[sfeer-iks, sfer-]
noun
  1. (used with a singular verb) electronic equipment for determining the position of storms by locating their accompanying atmospherics.
  2. (used with a plural verb) the atmospheric discharges located by this device.
  3. Also spherics. (used with a singular verb) the study of atmospherics.
  4. spherics2(def 1).

Origin of sferics

First recorded in 1940–45; shortening and respelling of atmospherics
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British Dictionary definitions for sferics

sferics

noun
  1. the usual US spelling of spherics 2
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sferics in Science

sferics

  1. The study of atmospherics, especially through the use of electronic detectors.

sferic

  1. A radio emission from a stroke of lightning.
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