burning nuclear plasma
nounEtymology
From burning + nuclear plasma. From being self-sufficient in the production of the amount of heat necessary to continue the nuclear processes, hence "burning" (where in a chemical fire, the reaction produces enough heat to continue reacting in the heat portion of the fire triangle); and being a plasma (a highly ionized gas) where nuclear processes occur.
Definitions
A plasma undergoing nuclear fusion where the amount of fusion reactions is sufficient to…
A plasma undergoing nuclear fusion where the amount of fusion reactions is sufficient to produce enough energy to maintain the temperature of the plasma at a level necessary for further fusion processes.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for burning nuclear plasma. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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