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BETA FACTOR, -FACTOR

Specialty Definition: BETA FACTOR, -FACTOR

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

In plasma physics, the ratio of the plasma kinetic pressure to the magnetic pressure.If is less than 1, the magnetic field has a chance to contain the plasma providing there are no instabilities. If is larger than 1, there is no possible chance of containment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BETA FACTOR, -FACTOR


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 45 54 41      46 41 43 54 4F 52 2C      2D 46 41 43 54 4F 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01000101 01010100 01000001 00100000 01000110 01000001 01000011 01010100 01001111 01010010 00101100 00100000 00101101 01000110 01000001 01000011 01010100 01001111 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#69 &#84 &#65 &#32 &#70 &#65 &#67 &#84 &#79 &#82 &#44 &#32 &#45 &#70 &#65 &#67 &#84 &#79 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0045 0054 0041      0046 0041 0043 0054 004F 0052 002C      002D 0046 0041 0043 0054 004F 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36395435240353754495214215403537544952

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