sferic
English
Etymology
From atmospherics.
Noun
sferic (plural sferics)
- A short pulse of electromagnetic radiation produced by lightning
Alternative forms
Romanian
Alternative forms
- сферик (sferic) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from French sphérique and Latin sphaericus. Equivalent to sferă + -ic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsfe.rik/
- Rhymes: -erik
- Hyphenation: sfe‧ric
Adjective
sferic m or n (feminine singular sferică, masculine plural sferici, feminine and neuter plural sferice)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | sferic | sferică | sferici | sferice | |||
| definite | sfericul | sferica | sfericii | sfericele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | sferic | sferice | sferici | sferice | |||
| definite | sfericului | sfericei | sfericilor | sfericelor | ||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “sferic”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025