magnetohydrodynamic

Variant of magnetohydrodynamics

magnetohydrodynamics definition

mag·neto·hy·dro·dy·nam·ics (-hī′drō dī nam′iks)

noun

the science that deals with the interaction of a magnetic field with an electrically conducting fluid, as a liquid metal or an ionized gas

Etymology: magneto- + hydrodynamics

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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