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noun
A kind of plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: zeta pinch
Antonyms: none provided
History
Z refers to the direction of the current in the devices, the z-axis on a normal three-dimensional graph.
