单词 | levitron |
释义 | levitronn. Physics. A type of fusion reactor in which stability of the plasma inside a toroidal container is achieved by the combination of a magnetic field parallel to the sides of the torus, produced by an external winding, with a second field everywhere at right angles to the first, produced by a toroidal current-carrying core magnetically levitated inside the tube. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > nuclear fission > nuclear fusion > [noun] > fusion reactor thetatron1959 levitron1960 1960 Colgate & Furth in Physics of Fluids III. 999/2 The toroidal analog of the linear hard-core tube is the ‘levitron’, a toroidal pinch tube with a central ring core, levitated by magnetic field or held in place transiently by inertia. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) X. 234/2 Several Levitrons are built or under construction. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1960 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。