Medical Definition of Energy confinement time
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Characteristic time in which 1/e (or sometimes 1/2) of a system's energy is lost to its surroundings.
In a plasma device, the energy loss time (or the energy confinement time) is one of three critical parameters determining whether enough fusion will occur to sustain a reaction.
See: Lawson criterion.
(09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Energy Confinement Time
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