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magnetohydrodynamic generation

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noun

Physics.

  1. the production of electric power without the use of rotating machinery by passing a plasma through a magnetic field.

Etymology

Origin of magnetohydrodynamic generation

First recorded in 1955–60; magneto- + hydrodynamic

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