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Stellarator is a beautiful word. I think it's my word of the year. stellarator |ˈstɛləreɪtə| noun - Physics a toroidal apparatus for producing controll
by sdfjkl 10y ago
Stellarator is a beautiful word. I think it's my word of the year.
stellarator |ˈstɛləreɪtə|
noun - Physics
a toroidal apparatus for producing
controlled fusion reactions in hot plasma,
where all the controlling magnetic fields
inside it are produced by external windings.
ORIGIN
1950s: from stellar (with reference to the
fusion processes in stars), on the pattern
of generator.