"Schumann resonance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Schumann resonances [plural]
Etymology: Named after the physicist Winfried Otto Schumann, who predicted them mathematically in 1952. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Schumann resonance (plural Schumann resonances)
  1. Any of a set of spectrum peaks in the extremely low-frequency (ELF) portion of the Earth's electromagnetic field spectrum, generated and excited by lightning discharges in the cavity formed by the Earth's surface and the ionosphere. Wikipedia link: Schumann resonances

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