See Also: Scamperdale(dictionary)

poloidal (iou) and Scamperdale (iou)


poloidal (iou)



poloidal adjective. M20.
[from POLAR adjective after toroidal.]
Of, pertaining to, representing, or designating a magnetic field associated with a toroidal electric field, in which each line of force is confined to a radial or meridian plane; of the shape of such a field.

Scamperdale (iou)



Scamperdale noun. M20.
[Prob. from Lord Scamperdale, a character in R. S. Surtees's Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour (1853).]
A type of Pelham bit with the mouthpiece angled back to prevent chafing.