magnetic bottle

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magnetic bottle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  magnetic bottle \magnetic bottle\ n. (Physics)
     Any configuration of magnetic fields used to contain a plasma
     during controlled thermonuclear reactions.
     [WordNet 1.5]

magnetic bottle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  magnetic bottle
      n 1: container consisting of any configuration of magnetic
           fields used to contain a plasma during controlled
           thermonuclear reactions