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diocotron instability

/daɪˈɑk.ə.tɹɑn/

diocotron instability noun: a plasma instability created by two sheets of charge slipping past each other, in which energy is dissipated in the form of two surface waves propagating in opposite directions, one flowing over the other.

Noun

diocotron instability (plural diocotron instabilities)

  1. A plasma instability created by two sheets of charge slipping past each other, in which energy is dissipated in the form of two surface waves propagating in opposite directions, one flowing over the other.

Forms of diocotron instability

pluraldiocotron instabilities

Questions about diocotron instability

What does diocotron instability mean?
Diocotron instability means a plasma instability created by two sheets of charge slipping past each other, in which energy is dissipated in the form of two surface waves propagating in opposite directions, one flowing over the other.
What part of speech is diocotron instability?
Diocotron instability is a noun.
How do you pronounce diocotron instability?
Diocotron instability is pronounced /daɪˈɑk.ə.tɹɑn/.
What is the plural of diocotron instability?
The plural of diocotron instability is diocotron instabilities.

Words near diocotron instability in the dictionary

  1. Diocletian window
  2. Diocletian windows
  3. Diocletianic
  4. diocotron
  5. diocotron instabilities
  6. diocotron instability
  7. dioctadecyl
  8. dioctahedral
  9. dioctanoyl
  10. dioctyl
  11. dioctyl phthalate

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