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decametric

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dec·a·met·ric  (dk-mtrk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or being a radio wave of wavelength between one and ten decameters.


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Mr Lashley talked in some detail about decametric radio emission from Jupiter, its detection and periodic activity which varies in line with system III longitude (the solid body rotation of Jupiter).
Pegmatites form sub-horizontal injections of metric to decametric thickness but seem to have only a local influence on the mineralisation.
The Nostradamus radar, designed and developed by ONERA, operates in the decametric wavelengths and uses the reflection of high-frequency waves off the ionosphere in a mirror-effect technique for a range beyond the horizon (up to two thousand kilometers) unlike conventional radars that are limited by the earth's curvature.
 
 
 
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