magnetoionic duct

magnetoionic duct

[mag¦nēd·ō·ī′än·ik ′dəkt]

(geophysics)

Duct along the geomagnetic lines of force which exhibits waveguide characteristics for radio-wave propagation between conjugate points on the earth's surface.

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