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berth 2, verb (oh)



2 v [I and T]
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tokamak (sh)




Device used in nuclear-fusion research for magnetic confinement of plasma.

It consists of a complex system of magnetic fields that confine the plasma of reactive charged particles in a hollow, doughnut-shaped container. The tokamak (an acronym from the Russian words for toroidal magnetic confinement) was developed in the mid-1960s by Soviet plasma physicists. It produces the highest plasma temperatures, densities, and confinement durations of any confinement device.