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tokamak

Syllabification: (to·ka·mak)
Pronunciation: /ˈtōkəˌmak, ˈtäk-/
Definition of tokamak

noun

Physics
  • a toroidal apparatus for producing controlled fusion reactions in hot plasma.

Origin:

1960s: Russian, from to(roidal'naya) kam(era s) ak(sial'nym magnitnym polem) 'toroidal chamber with axial magnetic field'

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