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stellarator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
stel-lara-tor
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A magnetic device used to confine a plasma, especially one used to sustain nuclear fusion

Etymology

From stellar (“star”) + -ator (“maker”). Coined by American physicist Lyman Spitzer in 1951.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

stellarators (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

tokamak

Questions

What does stellarator mean?
A magnetic device used to confine a plasma, especially one used to sustain nuclear fusion
Where does stellarator come from?
From stellar (“star”) + -ator (“maker”). Coined by American physicist Lyman Spitzer in 1951.

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