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Forbush decrease
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Forbush decrease
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bʊʃ
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noun
Astronomy
.
the sudden decrease in the intensity of cosmic rays after an increase in solar activity.
Also called
Forbush effect
.
Origin:
after Scott E.
Forbush
(born 1904), U.S. physicist
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