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stellarator

stel lar a tor |ˈsteləˌrātər ˈstɛləreɪdər | noun Physics a toroidal apparatus for producing controlled fusion reactions in hot plasma, where all the controlling magnetic fields inside it are produced by external windings. ORIGIN 1950s: from stellar (with reference to the fusion processes in stars ), on the pattern of generator .

 

Oxford Dictionary

stellarator

stellarator |ˈstɛləreɪtə | noun Physics a toroidal apparatus for producing controlled fusion reactions in hot plasma, where all the controlling magnetic fields inside it are produced by external windings. ORIGIN 1950s: from stellar (with reference to the fusion processes in stars ), on the pattern of generator .

 

Duden Dictionary

Stellarator

Stel la ra tor Substantiv, maskulin , der |Stellar a tor auch ˈstɛləreɪtɐ |der Stellarator; Genitiv: des Stellarators, Plural: die Stellaratoren, (bei englischer Aussprache: ) Stellarators Versuchsgerät zur Erzeugung thermonuklearer Kernfusion