Z-pinch
Z-pinch · Z-pinches
A kind of plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current in the plasma to…A kind of plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses it.
Meaning
1 sensesA kind of plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses it.
Origin
Z refers to the direction of the current in the devices, the z-axis on a normal three-dimeZ refers to the direction of the current in the devices, the z-axis on a normal three-dimensional graph.
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