English Explanatory Dictionary

Z-pinch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses it.

Word forms

Z-pinch Z-pinches

Etymology

Z refers to the direction of the current in the devices, the z-axis on a normal three-dimensional graph.

Synonyms

zeta pinch
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