stellarator

English

A stellarator design.
*(BLUE) magnetic confinement coils (incomplete)
*(YELLOW) plasma

Etymology

stellar (“star”) +‎ -ator (“maker”)

Noun

stellarator (plural stellarators)

1. (physics) A magnetic device used to confine a plasma, especially one used to sustain nuclear fusion

Hyponyms

• heliac
• heliotron
• torsatron

Coordinate terms

• tokamak

Translations

Translations

• French: stellarator (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English stellarator

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɛ.la.ʁa.tɔʁ/ ~ /ste.la.ʁa.tɔʁ/

Noun

stellarator f (plural stellarators)

1. (physics) stellarator

Coordinate terms

• tokamak