"fusor" meaning in English

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Noun

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. Related terms: planemo Translations (celestial body that, through self-gravity, can perform nuclear fusion in its core): fuusori (Finnish), fuzor [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-fusor-en-noun-ZhG0VH4C Categories (other): Astronomy, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Nuclear fusion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 60 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Nuclear fusion: 49 51 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: fusors [plural]
Etymology: From 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. 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 Translations (a type of nuclear fusion reactor): fuzor [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-fusor-en-noun-jSyaN7SE Categories (other): Nuclear physics, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Polish translations, Nuclear fusion Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Nuclear fusion: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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