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dynamo theory [′dī·nə‚mō ‚thē·ə·rē]

(geophysics)

The hypothesis which explains the regular daily variations in the earth's magnetic field in terms of electrical currents in the lower ionosphere, generated by tidal motions of the ionized air across the earth's magnetic field.

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