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Stellarator
A magnetic device used to confine a plasma, especially one used to sustain nuclear fusion
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A magnetic device used to confine a plasma, especially one used to sustain nuclear fusion
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| spheromaknoun | (physics) A particular form of stabilized magnetic field in which a plasma may be confined for use in nuclear fusion. |
| magnetic mirrornoun | (physics) A magnetic confinement device used in fusion power to trap high-temperature plasma using magnetic fields. |
| torsatronnoun | A stellarator with continuous helical coils, or with a number of discrete coils that produce a similar field. |
| stellar enginenoun | Any of various hypothetical megastructures that could control the motion of a star system. |
| tokamaknoun | (nuclear physics) A torus-shaped chamber used in nuclear fusion research in which a plasma is magnetically confined. |
| protostarnoun | (astronomy) A collection of gas and dust in space with high temperature that usually grows to the point of beginning nuclear fusion and becoming a star. |
| plasmoidnoun | (physics) A region of plasma held relatively stable within a magnetic field |
| magnetoplasmaronnoun | (physics) A plasmaron formed by a magnetic field. |
| antistarnoun | (astrophysics) A conjectured type of star formed from antimatter. |
| surfatronnoun | An electron accelerator that works on the principle of plasma acceleration. |
| shkadov thrusternoun | (astronautics, space science) A hypothetical megastructure consisting of a gargantuan statite used to redirect the radiation pressure of a star, generating a net thrust which slowly accelerates the whole system in the direction of the statite. |
| frozen starnoun | (astrophysics) Synonym of stellar black hole. |
| superplasmanoun | (physics, rare) Extremely powerful plasma. |
| plasma wakefield acceleratornoun | (physics) A device in which a drive beam (either laser or particle) produces a plasma wave ("wakefield") that accelerates charged particles in a relatively short distance. |
| plasma acceleratornoun | (physics) A particle accelerator that uses plasma as the medium of the accelerating field instead of a vacuum, to obtain a larger accelerating gradient. |
| tokomaknoun | Alternative spelling of tokamak. [(nuclear physics) A torus-shaped chamber used in nuclear fusion research in which a plasma is magnetically confined.] |
| z-pinchnoun | A kind of plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses it. |
| fluxtubenoun | (physics) A cylindrical region of space containing a magnetic field that is parallel to the walls of the cylinder. |
| nuclear plasmanoun | (physics) A plasma undergoing nuclear fusion |
| fluxoniumnoun | (physics, electronics) A superconducting artificial atom modelled from Josephson junctions |
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