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fusor

noun

Etymology

Coined by Gibor Basri, Professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, at the 2003 IAU conference; presumably fuse + -or.

  1. derived from fūsus
  2. derived from fusée
  3. derived from fuso
  4. suffixed as fusor — “fuse + or”

Definitions

  1. A celestial body that, through self-gravity, is able to perform nuclear fusion within its…

    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.

  2. An electrostatic inertial confinement fusion apparatus. A device that causes nuclear…

    An electrostatic inertial confinement fusion apparatus. A device that causes nuclear fusion through electrostatic field compression of the fusion fuel.

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