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poloidal (iou) and prelature (iou)


poloidal (iou)



poloidal adjective. M20.
[from POLAR adjective after toroidal.]
Of, pertaining to, representing, or designating a magnetic field associated with a toroidal electric field, in which each line of force is confined to a radial or meridian plane; of the shape of such a field.

prelature (iou)



prelature noun. E17.
[Old & mod. French prelature from medieval Latin praelatura, from praelatus: see PRELATE, -URE.]
= PRELACY 1. E17.
= PRELACY 3. M19.