fusor meaning: definition, etymology

fusor

noun

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

Astronomy, Natural sciences 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.

Related terms: planemo

fusor

noun

Etymology From fuse + -or.

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

Experimental physics; nuclear physics; experimental physics; nuclear physics

Related terms: fuser
Hypernyms: fusion reactor, nuclear fusion reactor, nuclear reactor, reactor
Hyponyms: Farnsworth fusor, Farnsworth-Hirsch fusor
Coordinate terms: inertial confinement fusion, laser inertial confinement fusion, magnetic confinement fusion, stellarator, tokamak