See Also: sawtooth(medicine)

ability (oh) and sawtooth (medicine)


ability (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: habilite, from Latin habilitas, from habilis; ABLE]
[C] the state of being able to do something
ability to do sth
::the ability to walk
::The Health center serves all patients, regardless of their ability to pay.
::I don't have the ability to say 'no'.
[U and C] someone's level of skill at doing something
athletic/musical/artistic etc ability
::The test measures verbal and mathematical ability.
::Leadership ability
::It takes hard work and natural ability to make it as a professional athlete.
::There are musicians of all abilities in the orchestra.
of great/exceptional etc ability
::He's a writer of remarkable ability.
of high/low/average ability
::students of average ability
:: mixed ability classes (=classes that include students who are at different levels)
to the best of your ability
as well as you can
::He completed the job to the best of his ability.

sawtooth (medicine)


sawtooth
<radiobiology> When a tokamak runs with enough current to achieve q < 1 on the magnetic axis, the plasma parameters (n, T, B) oscillate with a sawtooth waveform. The oscillation is localised to a region roughly within the q=1 surface, and arises from internal magnetohydrodynamic effects. Confinement is degraded within the sawtooth region.