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gyrophase

gyrophase noun: the angle in the perpendicular plane between a reference direction the gyroradius vector.

Noun

gyrophase (plural gyrophases)

  1. The angle in the perpendicular plane between a reference direction the gyroradius vector.
    • The latter is eventually averaged over the gyrophase to produce Littlejohn's guiding-center equations.2016, Cesare Tronci, “From liquid crystal models to the guiding-center theory of magnetized plasmas”, in arXiv

Forms of gyrophase

pluralgyrophases

Origin of gyrophase

From gyro- + phase.

Questions about gyrophase

What does gyrophase mean?
Gyrophase means the angle in the perpendicular plane between a reference direction the gyroradius vector.
What part of speech is gyrophase?
Gyrophase is a noun.
What is the plural of gyrophase?
The plural of gyrophase is gyrophases.

Words near gyrophase in the dictionary

  1. gyrons
  2. gyroparallelogram
  3. gyroparallelograms
  4. gyroperiod
  5. gyroperiods
  6. gyrophase
  7. gyrophases
  8. gyrophoric acid
  9. gyrophototactic
  10. gyrophototaxis
  11. gyropilot

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