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magnetohydrodynamic

Definitions

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to magnetohydrodynamics.

Etymologies

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magneto- +‎ hydro- +‎ dynamic

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Examples

  • This rising wave of motion is called a magnetohydrodynamic wave.

    Spacecraft Detects Mysterious "Ribbon" at Edge of Solar System | Universe Today 2009

  • The gases are ionized, so their swirling, mixing turbulent motion forms electrical and magnetic fields known as magnetohydrodynamic flow, which in turn affects the polarization of radio waves.

    Ars Technica Kyle Niemeyer 2011

  • Instead, the 17-year-old junior at the Classical Academy turned his attention to solving a key problem with an experimental drive system for military submarines called magnetohydrodynamic

    Gazette.com : 2009

  • "Fortunately, we had enough background in science that we realized it was really a pulsating magnetoplasmadynamic (some use the term 'magnetohydrodynamic') field, visible due to light-emitting plasma (and / or, simply ions) contouring the object's magnetic field."

    EXOPOLITICS: Politics, Government, and Law in the Universe 2009

  • The physics for how these jets actually form then of course involves how this energy is converted into magnetohydrodynamic energy which configures the plasma jet.

    Supermassive Black Holes Spinning Backwards Create Death Ray Jets? | Universe Today 2010

  • Some of the other things that he somehow ended up designing and building include an interactive dining table, a carbon-fiber electric guitar, hard-drive wind chimes, radio-controlled hovercrafts, nixie tube clocks, and magnetohydrodynamic-powered boats.

    MacGyver Of The Day: Mad Scientists Lenore Edman, Windell Oskay | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • But our theory tells us that if we made the vessel larger, we could produce the magnetohydrodynamic effects with a smaller magnetic field; the magnetic force required would decline in proportion to the increase in size of the vessel.

    Spacecraft Detects Mysterious "Ribbon" at Edge of Solar System | Universe Today 2009

  • We note that even if magnetohydrodynamic forces are not the main driving mechanism for the Source I wind, magnetic forces may still play a key role in shaping the outflow, similar to what has been proposed for planetary nebulae e.g., Blackman 2008 and references therein.

    New Movie Reveals Birth of Super-Suns | Universe Today 2009

  • Resistance by those who seek to secure profits from high-priced petroleum, plus the domination of basic fuel research (until recently) by the Atomic Energy Commission and the military have delayed the development of efficient coal gasification and liquification as well as that of new methods of power production like magnetohydrodynamic systems.

    Energy and Society~ Chapter 16~ Energy in a Contracting System 2009

  • But gauges registered current through great superconducting coils, and magnetohydrodynamic fields sprang into being as a shell surrounding the ship at twenty kilometers 'remove.

    Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998

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