See Also: thermalisation(medicine)

toroidal (iou) and thermalisation (medicine)


toroidal (iou)



toroidal adjective. L19.
[formed as TOROID + -AL1.]
Geometry. Pertaining to or of the shape of a torus (TORUS 4); ring-shaped with a circular cross-section. Also = TORIC adjective.
toroidally adverb M20.

thermalisation (medicine)


thermalisation
<radiobiology> Also known as slowing-down, this is the process (generally arising from collisions) by which fast (superthermal) particles give up energy to the plasma and slow down to thermal speeds.