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tokamak

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to·ka·mak  (tôk-mk, tk-)
n.
A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research in which a plasma is heated and confined by magnetic fields.
[Russian, from to(roidal'naya) kam(era s) ak(sial'nym magnitnym polem), toroidal chamber with axial magnetic field.]
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Noun1.tokamak - a doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research; a plasma is heated and confined in a magnetic bottle
chamber - a natural or artificial enclosed space
magnetic bottle - container consisting of any configuration of magnetic fields used to contain a plasma during controlled thermonuclear reactions
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