MEANING
A magnetic structure in which field lines wind around a shared central axis.
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- a magnetic flux rope
- a solar flux rope
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The model depicted a flux rope rising through the surrounding field.
They compared the flux rope’s twist with the later eruption.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular flux rope; plural flux ropes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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