COCKCROFT AND WALTON ACCELERATOR

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Meaning:

A high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube

Synonyms:

Cockcroft-Walton accelerator; Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier; Cockcroft and Walton accelerator; Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Cockcroft and Walton accelerator" is a kind of...):

accelerator; atom smasher; particle accelerator (a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles)

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