VAN ALLEN BELT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Van Allen belt mean? 

• VAN ALLEN BELT (noun)
  The noun VAN ALLEN BELT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: VAN ALLEN BELT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VAN ALLEN BELT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

belt (an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found)

Part meronym:

earth; globe; world (the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on)