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heliotron

heliotron noun: a stellarator in which a helical coil is used to confine the plasma, together with a pair of poloidal field coils to provide a vertical field.

Noun

heliotron (plural heliotrons)

  1. A stellarator in which a helical coil is used to confine the plasma, together with a pair of poloidal field coils to provide a vertical field.

Forms of heliotron

pluralheliotrons

Questions about heliotron

What does heliotron mean?
Heliotron means a stellarator in which a helical coil is used to confine the plasma, together with a pair of poloidal field coils to provide a vertical field.
What part of speech is heliotron?
Heliotron is a noun.
What is the plural of heliotron?
The plural of heliotron is heliotrons.

Words near heliotron in the dictionary

  1. heliothids
  2. heliothine
  3. heliothines
  4. heliotomography
  5. heliotrine
  6. heliotron
  7. heliotrons
  8. heliotrope
  9. heliotrope cyanosis
  10. heliotroper
  11. heliotropers

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