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magnetohydrodynamic generation
noun
, Physics.
- the production of electric power without the use of rotating machinery by passing a plasma through a magnetic field.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of magnetohydrodynamic generation1
First recorded in 1955–60; magneto- + hydrodynamic
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