"fusor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: fusors [plural]
Etymology: Coined by Gibor Basri, Professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, at the 2003 IAU conference; presumably fuse + -or. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fuse|or}} fuse + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} fusor (plural fusors)
  1. (astronomy) A celestial body that, through self-gravity, is able to perform nuclear fusion within its core, at any point in its life. These include stars, stellar remnants, and brown dwarfs. Categories (topical): Astronomy, Nuclear fusion Related terms: planemo Translations (celestial body that, through self-gravity, can perform nuclear fusion in its core): fuusori (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fusor-en-noun-ZhG0VH4C Disambiguation of Nuclear fusion: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 61 39 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: fusors [plural]
Etymology: fuse + -or Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fuse|or}} fuse + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} fusor (plural fusors)
  1. (experimental physics, nuclear physics) An electrostatic inertial confinement fusion apparatus. A device that causes nuclear fusion through electrostatic field compression of the fusion fuel. Categories (topical): Nuclear physics, Nuclear fusion Hypernyms: fusion reactor, nuclear fusion reactor, nuclear reactor, reactor Hyponyms: Farnsworth fusor, Farnsworth-Hirsch fusor Related terms: fuser Coordinate_terms: inertial confinement fusion, laser inertial confinement fusion, magnetic confinement fusion, stellarator, tokamak
    Sense id: en-fusor-en-noun-jSyaN7SE Disambiguation of Nuclear fusion: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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