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Cylindrical vs Fluxtube - What's the difference?

cylindrical | fluxtube |

As an adjective cylindrical

is shaped like a cylinder.

As a noun fluxtube is

a cylindrical region of space containing a magnetic field that is parallel to the walls of the cylinder.

cylindrical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Shaped like a cylinder.

    • Derived terms

    * cylindrically

    fluxtube

    English

    Alternative forms

    *flux tube

    Noun

    (flux tube) (en noun)
  • (physics) A cylindrical region of space containing a magnetic field that is parallel to the walls of the cylinder