magnetoplasmadynamics
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magnetoplasmadynamics
[mag¦nēd·ə‚plaz·mə·dī′nam·iks] (electromagnetism)
The generation of electric current by shooting a beam of ionized gas through a magnetic field, to give the same effect as moving copper bars near a magnet.
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