"diocotron instability" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /daɪˈɑk.ə.tɹɑn/ Forms: diocotron instabilities [plural]
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  1. (physics) A plasma instability created by two sheets of charge slipping past each other, in which energy is dissipated in the form of two surface waves propagating in opposite directions, one flowing over the other. Wikipedia link: diocotron instability Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-diocotron_instability-en-noun-usvCVeyU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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