toroidal plasma

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• toroïdal — toroïdal, ale, aux [ tɔrɔidal, o ] adj. • 1908; de tore ♦ En forme de tore. Enroulement toroïdal. ● toroïdal, toroïdale, toroïdaux adjectif En forme de tore. ● toroïdal, toroïdale, toroïdaux (expressions) adjectif Machine toroïdale, machine d… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Plasma (Physik) — Plasma in einer Plasmalampe Magnetisch verformtes Plasma …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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• Plasma containment — In nuclear physics, plasma containment refers to the act of maintaining a plasma in a discreet volume. For example, a toroidal fusion reactor is a plasma containment device. Electromagnetic interaction must often be used since a plasma by… …   Wikipedia

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• Versatile Toroidal Facility — The Versatile Toroidal Facility (VTF) is a research group within the Physics Research Division of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The VTF is a laboratory focused on studying the phenomenon of …   Wikipedia

• MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center — The Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a research laboratory for the study of plasma physics and nuclear fusion. Originally the Plasma Fusion Center, it was founded in 1976.The PSFC consists of …   Wikipedia

• fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Cf. reactor (def. 4). * * * Introduction also called  fusion power plant  or  thermonuclear reactor   a device to produce electrical power from the energy released in a nuclear… …   Universalium