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tokomak

tokomak is the alternative spelling 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...

Forms of tokomak

pluraltokomaks

Questions about tokomak

What is tokomak the alternative spelling of?
Tokomak is the alternative spelling of tokamak.

Words near tokomak in the dictionary

  1. tokolosh
  2. tokoloshe
  3. tokoloshes
  4. tokolytic
  5. tokolytics
  6. tokomak
  7. tokomaks
  8. Tokomaru
  9. tokonoma
  10. tokonomas
  11. tokopat

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