Gyrophase

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The angle in the perpendicular plane between a reference direction the gyroradius vector.

    "The latter is eventually averaged over the gyrophase to produce Littlejohn's guiding-center equations."

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"The latter is eventually averaged over the gyrophase to produce Littlejohn's guiding-center equations."

Etymology

From gyro- + phase.

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