fusor
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Coined by Gibor Basri, Professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, at the 2003 IAU conference; presumably fuse + -or.
Noun[edit]
fusor (plural fusors)
- (astronomy) A celestial body that, through self-gravity, is able to perform nuclear fusion within its core, at any point in its life. These include stars, stellar remnants, and brown dwarfs.
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celestial body that, through self-gravity, can perform nuclear fusion in its core
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See also[edit]
- planemo
- fusor (astronomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
fusor (plural fusors)
- (experimental physics, nuclear physics) An electrostatic inertial confinement fusion apparatus. A device that causes nuclear fusion through electrostatic field compression of the fusion fuel.
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a type of nuclear fusion reactor