HyperDic: james_alfred_van_allen

English > 1 sense of the expression James Alfred Van Allen:
NOUNperson James Alfred Van Allen, Van AllenUnited States physicist who discovered two belts of charged particles from the solar wind trapped by the Earth's magnetic field (born in 1914)
English > James Alfred Van Allen: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningUnited States physicist who discovered two belts of charged particles from the solar wind trapped by the Earth's magnetic field (born in 1914).
SynonymVan Allen
Instance ofphysicistA scientist trained in physics
SpanishJames Alfred Van Allen

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