/sfear"iks, sfer"-/ , n.
1. ( used with a sing. v. ) electronic equipment for determining the position of storms by locating their accompanying atmospherics.
2. ( used with a pl. v. ) the atmospheric discharges located by this device.
3. Also, spherics . ( used with a sing. v. ) the study of atmospherics.
4. spherics 2 (def. 1).
[ 1940-45; shortening and resp. of ATMOSPHERICS ]