stellarator
[ stel-uh-rey-ter ]
/ ˈstɛl əˌreɪ tər /
noun Physics.
an experimental plasma-physics device in which magnetic fields confine the plasma within a tube shaped like a figure eight.
Origin of stellarator
1951;
stellar +
(gener)ator, so named because the reactions produced resemble those in stars
Words nearby stellarator
British Dictionary definitions for stellarator
stellarator
/ (ˈstɛləˌreɪtə) /
noun
physics
an apparatus used in research into thermonuclear reactions, consisting of a toroidal vessel designed so that a plasma may be contained within it by a helical magnetic field. The magnetic field is produced by current-carrying coils
Word Origin for stellarator
C20: from
stellar + (
gener)
ator