Medical Definition of X-point

1. Place where the poloidal magnetic field vanishes in such a way that two flux surfaces appear to cross, for example where the main plasma joins the divertor or between magnetic islands. Location where magnetic reconnection takes place. See: magnetic reconnection, divertors, O-point. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of X-point

wyueles
wyvern
wyverns
wyves
wüstite
wüstites
x-axes
x-axis
x-direction
x-div.
x-factors
x-height
x-heights
x-linked
x-omat
x-point (current term)
x-radiation
x86
xDSL
x factor
x wave
xacuti
xacutti
xalam
xalams
xaliproden
xamoterol
xanchromatic
xanomeline
xanorphica

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