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| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | In plasma physics, a kinking or bending of a current-carrying filament in the pinch effect geometry.If a slight bend forms in the plasma column of a pinch, the magnetic forces are such as to increase the bend and the column is unstable. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | A hydromagnetic macroinstability which sometimes develops in a thin plasma column carrying a strong axial current. If a kink begins to develop in such a column, the magnetic forces on th e inside of the kink become larger than those on the outside, so that in general it tends to grow in magnitude. The column then becomes unstable and undergoes a gross lateral displacement toward the walls of the discharge vessel. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "KINK INSTABILITY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kinkinstabilitet (wriggling instability), instabilitet med m = 1 (wriggling instability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kinkinstabiliteit (wriggling instability), instabiliteit M=1 (wriggling instability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | mutkaepästabiilisuus (M=1 instability, wriggling instability), M=1 epästabiilisuus (M=1 instability, wriggling instability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | instabilité M=1, instabilité en S, instabilité de courbure, instabilité coudes, instabilité coude, instabilité coques. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Knickinstabilität (wriggling instability), Schlaengelinstabilitaet (M=1 instability, wriggling instability), Schlängelinstabilität (wriggling instability), Instabilitaet M=1 (M=1 instability, wriggling instability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συστροφική αστάθεια (wriggling instability), αστάθεια Μ=1 (M=1 instability, wriggling instability), αστάθεια συστροφής (M=1 instability, wriggling instability), αστάθεια στρέβλωσης (M=1 instability, wriggling instability), αστάθεια τύπου κόμβου (wriggling instability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | instabilit M=1 (M=1 instability, wriggling instability), instabilit di tipo serpente (M=1 instability, wriggling instability), instabilit a ingobbamento (M=1 instability, wriggling instability), instabilit a gomito (M=1 instability, wriggling instability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inkkay instabilityay instabilidade torcida (wriggling instability), instabilidade em S (M=1 instability, wriggling instability). (various references) inestabilidad M=1 (M=1 instability, wriggling instability), inestabilidad en S (M=1 instability, wriggling instability), inestabilidad de torsión (M=1 instability, wriggling instability), inestabilidad de tipo sierpe (wriggling instability). (various references) kinkinstabilitet (M=1 instability, wriggling instability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Words within the letters "a-b-i-i-i-i-k-k-l-n-n-s-t-t-y" | |
-4 letters: instability. | |
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