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NOUN (1)

1. a belt of charged particles (resulting from cosmic rays) above the Earth trapped by the Earth's magnetic field;


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Van Allen belt
    n 1: a belt of charged particles (resulting from cosmic rays)
         above the Earth trapped by the Earth's magnetic field