spherics 1
/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. sphericus sphairikós. See SPHERE, -IC, -ICS ]
spherics 2
/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 ]