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mag•ne•to•hy•dro•dy•nam•ics
Pronunciation: (mag-nē'tō-hī"drō-dī-nam'iks), [key]—
n. (used with a sing. v.)
the branch of physics that deals with the motion of electrically conductive fluids, esp. plasmas, in magnetic fields.
Abbr.: MHD Also called
hydromagnetics, magnetofluid dynamics, magnetogasdynamics, magnetoplasmadynamics. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.