spherics

spherics
spherics1
/sfer"iks, sfear"-/, n. (used with a sing. v.)
the geometry and trigonometry of figures formed on the surface of a sphere.
[1650-60; earlier spheric, n. use of the adj. < LL sphericus < Gk sphairikós. See SPHERE, -IC, -ICS]
spherics2
/sfer"iks, sfear"-/, n.
1. Also, sferics. (used with a sing. v.) a branch of meteorology in which electronic devices are used to forecast the weather and to study atmospheric conditions.
2. (used with a pl. v.) Radio and Television. atmospherics.
3. (used with a sing. v.) sferics (def. 3).
[short for ATMOSPHERICS]

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