| TVMF | time varying magnetic field |
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| EF | ectopic focus; edema factor; ejection fraction; elastic fibril; electric field; elongation factor; e... |
| FA | false aneurysm; Families Anonymous; Fanconi anemia; far advanced; fatty acid; febrile antigen; femor... |
| DIPI | defective interfering particle induction |
| FID | flame ionization detector; free induction decay; fungal immunodiffusion |
| electromagnetic induction | Electromagnetic waves propagated by induction in an electromagnetic field. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| embryonic induction | The induction of differentiation in one tissue as a result of proximity to another tissue arising, for example: during gastrulation. One of the best known examples is the induction of the neural tube in the ectoderm by the underlying chordo mesoderm. Although the information to form the tube is present in the competent determined ectoderm, it must be elicited by the inducing tissue. In some cases it is known that cell cell contact between epithelium and mesenchyme is necessary. (18 Nov 1997) |
| enzyme induction | An increase in enzyme secretion in response to an environmental signal. The classic example is the induction of _ galactosidase in E. Coli. (18 Nov 1997) |
| zygotic induction | <cell biology> A lysogenic process in which a prophage is transmitted to a cell that does not have a phage repressor protein. (09 Oct 1997) |
| free induction decay | In magnetic resonance imaging, the decay curve that is detected by the radiofrequency coil after the application of an excitation pulse, without additional pulses (free). (05 Mar 2000) |
| lysogenic induction | Induction that occurs when prophage is transferred to a nonlysogenic bacterium by conjugation or by transduction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| magnetic | 1. A magnet. "As the magnetic hardest iron draws." (Milton) 2. Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc, which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspended, fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| magnetic attraction | The force that draws iron or steel toward a magnet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| magnetic axis | <physics> This typically refers to the location of the innermost flux surface in a toroidal device, the one which encloses no volume and has therefore degenerated from a flux surface into a single field line. Roughly, the circle through the middle of the dough of the donut. Additionally, in systems with magnetic islands (see entry below), each island has a local magnetic axis, distinct from the overall magnetic axis of the torus. (09 Oct 1997) |
| magnetic confinement | <physics> Use of magnetic fields to confine a plasma. (Confinement involves restricting the volume of the plasma and/or restricting particle or energy transport from the centre of the plasma to the edge.) (09 Oct 1997) |
| magnetic confinement fusion | <physics> Method of fusion which uses magnetic fields / magnetic bottles to confine a hot plasma until fusion occurs. (09 Oct 1997) |
| magnetic implant | A tissue-tolerated, magnetised metal placed within the bone to aid in denture retention; a similar magnet is placed in the overlying denture to complete the field. (05 Mar 2000) |
| magnetic inertia | <physics> A lagging or retardation of the effect, when the forces acting upon a body are changed, as if from velocity or internal friction; a temporary resistance to change from a condition previously invuced, observed in magnetism, thermoelectricity, etc, on reversal of polarity. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. To be behind, to lag. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| magnetic island | <physics> A magnetic topology near a rational surface where the flux surface is broken up into tubes which are not connected with each other poloidally. Islands may develop in non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic fluids, where electrical resistance becomes important and magnetic field lines are no longer frozen-in to the fluid. Then magnetic tearing and reconnection may allow field lines to link up and form islands with a local magnetic axis in a narrow region near a rational surface. (See also magnetohydrodynamic, frozen-in law). The development of islands may be caused by a small perturbation, whether internal or external, whether deliberate or accidental, and is usually associated with enhanced transport (i.e., reduced confinement). The centres of the islands are magnetic O-points, while the boundaries between islands are marked by X-points. (09 Oct 1997) |
| magnetic mach number | <physics> A dimensionless number equal to the ratio of the velocity of a fluid to the velocity of Alfven waves in that fluid. (13 Nov 1997) |