wiggler
wiggler Lexical Profile
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• noun
A person or creature that moves with quick, short, twisting or squirming motions from side to side.
"The energetic toddler was a constant wiggler during the long haircut."
The aquatic larval or pupal stage of a mosquito, characterized by its jerking, twisting swimming motion in standing water.
"Emptying stagnant water from garden buckets prevents mosquito wigglers from maturing into adults."
A precision centering instrument used in machining to accurately locate the spindle axis of a milling machine relative to a workpiece.
"The machinist used a mechanical wiggler to align the drill press spindle with the scribed layout lines."
An insertion device in a synchrotron storage ring composed of periodic magnets that force a beam of charged particles to follow a sinusoidal path and emit high-intensity radiation.
"Installing a superconducting wiggler in the storage ring significantly increased the brilliance of the X-ray beamline."