sfericsn.

/ˈsfɛrɪks/

Forms: Also with capital initial; (rarely) spherics.

Etymology: Contraction and respelling of atmospherics n.

Originally U.S.

With plural agreement. Atmospherics; sometimes used to denote a radio direction-finding system used to locate storms by means of the atmospherics they produce.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > instruments recording or detecting thunderstorms

brontometer1888

sferics1945

1945 in U.S. Army Signal Res. & Development Lab., Techn. Rep. 2199 (AD 266–795) (1961) 97 (heading) Military characteristics for automatic atmospherics (sferics) equipment.

1951 R. C. Wanta in T. F. Malone Compendium Meteorol. 1297/1 Sferics (less commonly spherics) is a contraction of the word atmospherics meaning natural electrical phenomena detected by radio methods.

1963 T. Pynchon V. ix. 230 As it turned out, the whistler was only the first of a family of sferics whose taxonomy was to include clicks, hooks, risers, nose~whistlers and one like a warbling of birds called the dawn chorus.

1974 Nature 10 May 134/2 Observers under the balloon reported no thunder or lightning; thus we attribute the spherics to an intense thunderstorm system that was over the eastern United States at the time.

Derivatives

ˈsferic adj. of or pertaining to sferics.

ΚΠ

1949 Marine Observer XIX. 199 ‘Sferic’ is the code word which has been used for some years now to designate reports of positions of areas in which thunder~storms are taking place.

1968 B. W. Atkinson Weather Business ii. 41 Sferic fixes depend on the radiation of electromagnetic waves caused by lightning flashes in the clouds.

1974 Nature 10 May 134/2 Our local v.l.f. monitor recorded strong spheric activity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sferics
释义	sfericsn. /ˈsfɛrɪks/ Forms: Also with capital initial; (rarely) spherics. Etymology: Contraction and respelling of atmospherics n. Originally U.S. With plural agreement. Atmospherics; sometimes used to denote a radio direction-finding system used to locate storms by means of the atmospherics they produce. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > instruments recording or detecting thunderstorms brontometer1888 sferics1945 1945 in U.S. Army Signal Res. & Development Lab., Techn. Rep. 2199 (AD 266–795) (1961) 97 (heading) Military characteristics for automatic atmospherics (sferics) equipment. 1951 R. C. Wanta in T. F. Malone Compendium Meteorol. 1297/1 Sferics (less commonly spherics) is a contraction of the word atmospherics meaning natural electrical phenomena detected by radio methods. 1963 T. Pynchon V. ix. 230 As it turned out, the whistler was only the first of a family of sferics whose taxonomy was to include clicks, hooks, risers, nose~whistlers and one like a warbling of birds called the dawn chorus. 1974 Nature 10 May 134/2 Observers under the balloon reported no thunder or lightning; thus we attribute the spherics to an intense thunderstorm system that was over the eastern United States at the time. Derivatives ˈsferic adj. of or pertaining to sferics. ΚΠ 1949 Marine Observer XIX. 199 ‘Sferic’ is the code word which has been used for some years now to designate reports of positions of areas in which thunder~storms are taking place. 1968 B. W. Atkinson Weather Business ii. 41 Sferic fixes depend on the radiation of electromagnetic waves caused by lightning flashes in the clouds. 1974 Nature 10 May 134/2 Our local v.l.f. monitor recorded strong spheric activity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1945
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