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paleointensity

noun

Etymology

From paleo- + intensity.

  1. derived from *tend-✻ — “to extend, stretch”
  2. derived from intēnsus — “strained, stretched tight; intense; attentive; violent; (rare) eager, intent”
  3. derived from intense
  4. inherited from intens
  5. formed as intensity — “intense + -ity”
  6. prefixed as paleointensity — “paleo + intensity”

Definitions

  1. The intensity of geomagnetism at a given location at a particular time in the geologic…

    The intensity of geomagnetism at a given location at a particular time in the geologic past

    • Paleointensity cannot be predicted by theory or from numerical simulation, since the mechanisms involved in the geodynamo are not sufficiently constrained.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for paleointensity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA