HyperDic: van_allen

English > 1 sense of the expression Van Allen:
NOUNperson Van Allen, James Alfred 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 > 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).
SynonymJames Alfred Van Allen
Instance ofphysicistA scientist trained in physics
SpanishJames Alfred Van Allen

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