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z pinch comparison table

Subject	has definition	is a kind of
pinch machine	A fusion device containing a plasma heated by a shock wave generated within the plasma as it is constricted by the rapidly increasing magnetic field.	fusion device
z pinch	A diffuse toroidal pinch in which the magnetic field runs around the plasma column.	pinch machine

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