An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. In → protoplanetary disk models, the magnetic field whose large-scale lines of force depart away from the → accretion disk, in the direction of the rotation axis.
   

2. In a → tokamak, the magnetic field produced by a current flowing in the → plasma vertically to the toroid plane. → toroidal magnetic field.

Etymology (EN): → pole; → -oid; → magnetic field.