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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Radial constriction of flowing plasma or other matter carrying an electric current, caused by the magnetic field that is produced by the current.
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- noun physics the
magnetic self -attraction ofparallel electric currents having the samedirection ; therestriction of a flowingplasma because of this attraction
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