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Noun: magnetohydrodynamics  mag,nee-tow,hI-drow-dI'na-miks
  1. The study of the interaction of magnetic fields and electrically conducting fluids (as plasma or molten metal)
    "Magnetohydrodynamics is applied in astrophysics to study stellar and galactic magnetic fields"

Type of: hydrodynamics, hydrokinetics

Encyclopedia: Magnetohydrodynamics