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    [Noun]  | "Van Al*len belt" | \ van-ˈa-lən- \


    1: a belt of intense radiation in the magnetosphere composed of energetic charged particles trapped by the earth's magnetic field; also : a similar belt surrounding another planet


    Origin: 1958 ;

     After James A. {see: |van allen|Van Allen:b}, credited with discovery of the belt;

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