magnetohydrodynamic stability

magnetohydrodynamic stability

[mag¦nēd·ō‚hī·drə·dī′nam·ik stə′bil·əd·ē]
(plasma physics)
The condition of a plasma in which fluctuations in density, pressure, velocity, or the distribution of particles in phase space, die out rather than increase. Also known as hydromagnetic stability.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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