shear of magnetic field
41Polar wind — is the permanent outflow of ionization from the polar regions of the magnetosphere. [http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse?s=p p=43 AMS Glossary] ] Ionospheric Plasma SourceThe ‘ground state’ of the ionosphere consists of the baseline …
42Geomagnetic excursion — A geomagnetic excursion, like a geomagnetic reversal, is a significant change in the Earth s magnetic field. Unlike reversals however, an excursion does not change the large scale orientation of the field, but rather represents a dramatic,… …
43List of engineering topics — This page aims to list all topics related to the broad field of engineering. A more compact list can be found at list of basic engineering topics. See the bottom of the page for links to lists for specific engineering disciplines or for… …
44Gas core reactor rocket — Gas core reactor rockets are a conceptual type of rocket that is propelled by the exhausted coolant of a gaseous fission reactor. The nuclear fission reactor core may be either a gas or plasma. They may be capable of creating specific impulses of …
45Differential rotation in stars — What is differential rotation? *Differential rotation is when a rotating body has different angular velocities at different latitudes and/or depths of the body and/or in time. Differential rotation can be applied to any type of fluid body such as …
46Carbon nanotube — Not to be confused with Carbon fiber. Part of a series of articles on Nanomaterials Fullerenes …
47Timeline of nuclear fusion — Timeline of significant events in the study and use of nuclear fusion:*1929 Atkinson and Houtermans used the measured masses of low mass elements and applied Einstein s discovery that E=mc2 to predict that large amounts of energy could be… …
48Transformation optics — Electromagnetism Electricity · …
49metallurgy — metallurgic, metallurgical, adj. metallurgically, adv. metallurgist /met l err jist/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jist/, n. /met l err jee/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jee/, n. 1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as… …
50Differential rotation — is seen when different parts of a rotating object move with different angular velocities (rates of rotation) at different latitudes and/or depths of the body and/or in time. This indicates that the object is not solid. In fluid objects, such as… …
