Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The study of atmospherics, especially through the use of electronic detectors.
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- noun
Electromagnetic pulses caused by atmospheric phenomena, such aslightning . Plural form ofsferic . - noun
Radio interference caused by sferics;atmospherics .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Through a specially developed tweeter beam the high tone sound wave is projected to the ceiling inside the black cube where it reflects as sound figures and low red electromagnetic waves (as "whistlers" and "cracklers"), sferics and red luminous flashes.
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An underground receiver could perhaps be built capable of detecting sferics from lightning bolts hitting the surface hundreds of miles away.
The Register Team Register 2010
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An underground receiver could perhaps be built capable of detecting sferics from lightning bolts hitting the surface hundreds of miles away.
The Register Team Register 2010
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There a three sources of click-like interference: switching relais, electrostatic discharges caused by snow drift, and sferics produced by thunderstorms ten thousands of kilometers away.
Gizmodo 2010
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There a three sources of click-like interference: switching relais, electrostatic discharges caused by snow drift, and sferics produced by thunderstorms ten thousands of kilometers away.
DeGraeve.com Aside 2010
sionnach commented on the word sferics
alternate spelling: spherics, derived from atmospherics
November 5, 2007
jgould commented on the word sferics
Oh it's time to write some lyrics
About those darned old sferics
But it's hard to wax rhapsodic in the rain.
Midst the cold and drear and drizzle
My poetry goes a-fizzle
So I'll just slog until the sun attain.
June 21, 2010