Meanings
nounconfinement time (countable and uncountable, plural confinement times)
plural confinement times
- countableuncountablenuclear physicsThe amount of time the plasma is maintained at a temperature above the critical autoignition temperature; in this case the temperature needed to start a fusion.
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