plasmoid

/ ˈplæzˌmɔɪd /

noun

1. physics a section of a plasma having a characteristic shape

Example Sentences

That colossal, vaporous blob was something called a plasmoid.

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To start the reactor, each cannon would fire a plasmoid into a central chamber, where the two would merge into a larger, free-floating plasmoid that would survive for as long as it could be fed with additional fuel.

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In Burnaby, Canada, researchers at General Fusion have designed a reactor in which a plasmoid of D–T will be injected into a spinning vortex of liquid lead, which will then be crushed inwards by a forest of pistons.

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And then what happens is this plasmoid emerges from it.

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I don't think what we've created is lightning, although the initial stages of the electrical discharge that produce this 'plasmoid' have many similarities to lightning.

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