gyrophase

English

Etymology

gyro- +‎ phase

Noun

gyrophase (plural gyrophases)

  1. (physics) The angle in the perpendicular plane between a reference direction the gyroradius vector.
    • 2016, Cesare Tronci, “From liquid crystal models to the guiding-center theory of magnetized plasmas”, in arXiv‎:
      The latter is eventually averaged over the gyrophase to produce Littlejohn's guiding-center equations.
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