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stellarator
[ stel-uh-rey-ter ]
noun
, Physics.
- an experimental plasma-physics device in which magnetic fields confine the plasma within a tube shaped like a figure eight.
stellarator
/ ˈstɛləˌreɪtə /
noun
- physics an apparatus used in research into thermonuclear reactions, consisting of a toroidal vessel designed so that a plasma may be contained within it by a helical magnetic field. The magnetic field is produced by current-carrying coils
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stellarator1
1951; stellar + (gener)ator, so named because the reactions produced resemble those in stars
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stellarator1
C20: from stellar + ( gener ) ator
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