Etymology

magnetoplasmadynamics

Today it means: The scientific study of the motion of plasma in the presence of a magnetic field. Full definition →

English plasmadynamics ← French dynamique ← Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)
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  1. Ancient GreekΜάγνης (Mágnēs)
  2. Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
  3. Old Frenchmagnete
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)
  5. Latinmagnēs
  6. Middle Englishmagnete
  7. Englishmagnet
  8. Englishmagnet-
  9. Englishmagneto-
  10. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  11. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  12. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  13. Ancient Greekπλᾰ́σμᾰ (plắsmă)
  14. Late Latinplasma
  15. Englishplasma
  16. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  17. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  18. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  19. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  20. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  21. Frenchdynamique
  22. Englishdynamic
  23. Englishdynamics
  24. Englishplasmadynamics
  25. English todaymagnetoplasmadynamics

From magneto- + plasmadynamics.

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