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PARTICLE ACCELERATOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
Synonyms:
accelerator; atom smasher; particle accelerator
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("particle accelerator" is a kind of...):
scientific instrument (an instrument used by scientists)
Meronyms (parts of "particle accelerator"):
storage ring (container consisting of a set of magnets set in a doughnut-shaped ring around which charged particles from an accelerator can be kept circulating until they are used)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "particle accelerator"):
betatron; induction accelerator (accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux)
charge-exchange accelerator (an accelerator in which high-energy ions escape from plasma following charge exchange)
Cockcroft-Walton accelerator; Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier; Cockcroft and Walton accelerator; Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier (a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube)
collider (an accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on)
cyclotron (an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles)
linac; linear accelerator (ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path)
