单词 | spherics |
释义 | 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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