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Z-pinch

Z-pinch noun: a kind of plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses it.

Noun

Z-pinch (plural Z-pinches)

  1. A kind of plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses it.
    Synonyms:
    zeta pinch

Synonyms of Z-pinch

Forms of Z-pinch

pluralZ-pinches

Origin of Z-pinch

Z refers to the direction of the current in the devices, the z-axis on a normal three-dimensional graph.

Questions about Z-pinch

What does Z-pinch mean?
Z-pinch means a kind of plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses it.
What part of speech is Z-pinch?
Z-pinch is a noun.
What is the plural of Z-pinch?
The plural of Z-pinch is Z-pinches.

Words near Z-pinch in the dictionary

  1. Z-movies
  2. z-order
  3. z-orders
  4. Z-pak
  5. Z-paks
  6. Z-pinch
  7. Z-pinches
  8. Z-plasties
  9. Z-plasty
  10. Z-RNA
  11. z-score

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