The Collaborative International Dictionary
magnetic bottle \magnetic bottle\ n. (Physics) Any configuration of magnetic fields used to contain a plasma during controlled thermonuclear reactions.
WordNet
n. container consisting of any configuration of magnetic fields used to contain a plasma during controlled thermonuclear reactions
Usage examples of "magnetic bottle".
They used a variation of the same magnetic bottle that contained the fusion reaction, modified to seize the water and push it away.
He pointed at the magnetic bottle at the end of the quark-nugget production line.
This magnetic bottle holds the most antimatter I could divert from an unenhanced beam in a single day.
Should that happen, should its power reach so low a level that it could not maintain the magnetic bottle, the vessel would explode, and take us and a sizable portion of the neighborhood with it.
The soldier who carried an antimatter-powered beam weapon might have only a tenth of a gram of the stuff in its magnetic bottle, but if struck by an enemy bullet, that bottle would blow a very large crater.
It's plasma, inside a magnetic bottle, about as long as your forearm.
And I've positioned explosive separator charges so you can blow me clear of the ship if I rupture the magnetic bottle.
Starfleet has to be the magnetic bottle and you know how tricky those can be to keep properly aligned.
One couldn't turn the main drive on and off like a light switch, lest showers of lethal particles burst from the magnetic bottle and spray through the ship.