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stellarator

stellarator noun: a magnetic device used to confine a plasma, especially one used to sustain nuclear fusion.

stellarator: a magnetic device used to confine a plasma, especially one used to sustain nuclear fusion
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Noun

stellarator (plural stellarators)

  1. A magnetic device used to confine a plasma, especially one used to sustain nuclear fusion

Forms of stellarator

pluralstellarators

Origin of stellarator

From stellar (“star”) + -ator (“maker”). Coined by American physicist Lyman Spitzer in 1951.

Questions about stellarator

What does stellarator mean?
Stellarator means a magnetic device used to confine a plasma, especially one used to sustain nuclear fusion.
What part of speech is stellarator?
Stellarator is a noun.
What is the plural of stellarator?
The plural of stellarator is stellarators.

Words near stellarator in the dictionary

  1. stellar nursery
  2. stellar system
  3. stellar systems
  4. stellar wind
  5. stellar winds
  6. stellarator
  7. stellarators
  8. stellarcentric
  9. stellarite
  10. stellarities
  11. stellarity

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