Crossword clues for wiggler
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gnatworm \Gnat"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The aquatic larva of a gnat; -- called also, colloquially, wiggler.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Anything that wiggles. 2 The larva of a mosquito. 3 (context Southern US English) An earthworm. 4 (context physics English) A magnet designed to make a beam of charged particles follow a curving path in a accelerator.
WordNet
n. one who can't stay still (especially a child); "the toddler was a real wiggler on plane trips" [syn: wriggler, squirmer]
larva of a mosquito [syn: wriggler]
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers [syn: earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm]
Wikipedia
A wiggler is an insertion device in a synchrotron. It is a series of magnets designed to periodically laterally deflect ('wiggle') a beam of charged particles (invariably electrons or positrons) inside a storage ring of a synchrotron. These deflections create a change in acceleration which in turn produces emission of broad synchrotron radiation tangent to the curve, much like that of a bending magnet, but the intensity is higher due to the contribution of many magnetic dipoles in the wiggler. Furthermore, as the wavelength (λ) is decreased this means the frequency (ƒ) has increased. This increase of frequency is directly proportional to energy, hence, the wiggler creates a wavelength of light with a larger energy.
A wiggler has a broader spectrum of radiation than an undulator.
Typically the magnets in a wiggler are arranged in a Halbach array. The design shown above is usually known as a Halbach wiggler.
Wiggler may refer to:
- Wiggler (Mario), the caterpillar-like creature in the Mario series of games
- Wiggler (JTAG), a parallel port JTAG tool from the Macraigor Systems LLC
- Wiggler (synchrotron), an insertion device for a synchrotron
- Wiggler (tool), a centering tool in metalworking
- Wiggler, a mosquito larva
A wiggler, edge-finder, or center-finder is a tool used in the spindle of a machine such as a mill. The device is used to accurately determine edges or markings and therefore the center of a workpiece or a previously machined feature during the set-up phase of a machining operation.
Usage examples of "wiggler".
There was a wiggler on stage, but she was younger and firmer and a whole lot cuter then the other places John had been in.
Why a cluster of arthropods should escape while a much smaller container of half-centimeter-long wigglers remained behind he could not fathom.
It could be a cousin of the wigglers coating the cavern walls, but this one was as black as the flaming oil found in pools deep under the mountain.
Why a cluster of arthropods should escape while a much smaller container of half-centimeter-long wigglers remained behind he could not fathom.