a narrow, high-velocity stream of electric energy that girdles the earth in the ionosphere above the magnetic equator and near the auroral displays
electrojet
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electrojet
noun
A flow of intense electric current that moves from west to east in the ionosphere above the earth's magnetic equator.
Origin of electrojet
electro- jet (stream)THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural electrojets)
- An electric current that travels around the E region of the Earth's ionosphere.
Origin
electro- + jet
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