james alfred van allen

1. 1.

   United States physicist who discovered two belts of charged particles from the solar wind trapped by the Earth's magnetic field (born in 1914)

   SynonymsVan Allen

   Broaderphysicist

Questions about james alfred van allen

What does james alfred van allen mean?

james alfred van allen means "United States physicist who discovered two belts of charged particles from the solar wind trapped by the Earth's magnetic field (born in 1914)".

What is another word for james alfred van allen?

Close synonyms include Van Allen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is james alfred van allen a common word?

james alfred van allen is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.