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The headline relies on our shorthand of “adhesive tape” as “tape.” There is no adhesive in this tape and it’s not holding anything together. “Tape” simply refer

• epistasis 3y ago
  Well there's a second double meaning of the "held together" phrase in the headline too, as it's not adhesive properties of the tape but the electromagenetic properties of the superconducting tape that's doing the "holding."
  • codeflo 3y ago
    That doesn't work for me. It's not really holding together the reactor as the headline would imply, it's holding the plasma.
    • epistasis 3y ago
      The tape is not holding the reactor together either, the entire headline must be taking with sliding meaning.
• adhesive_wombat 3y ago
  Correct. Unidirectional bonding strip is the preferred Star Command terminology for the adhesive material.