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tokamaks

tokamaks is the plural of tokamak.

Meaning of tokamak

Noun

tokamak (plural tokamaks)

  1. (nuclear physics) A torus-shaped chamber used in nuclear fusion research in which plasma is magnetically confined.
    • Studies of electrodeless discharges in a strong longitudinal magnetic field, carried out on the stellarator and the "Tokamak", have shown that in such systems the plasma becomes unstable for currents appreciably les than the critical current of Shafranov-Kruskal.1963 November, E. P. Gorbunov, K. A. Razumova, “The Effect of a Strong Magnetic Field on the Magnetohydrodynamic Stability of Plasma and the Containment of Charged Particles in the ‘Tokamak’”, in...

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What is tokamaks the plural of?
Tokamaks is the plural of tokamak.

Words near tokamaks in the dictionary

  1. Tokachi
  2. Tokaj
  3. tokaji
  4. tokajis
  5. tokamak
  6. tokamaks
  7. Tokanui
  8. Tokar
  9. Tokara horse
  10. Tokara Islands
  11. Tokarczyk

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