HyperDic: cockcroft-walton_accelerator

English > 1 sense of the expression Cockcroft-Walton accelerator:
NOUNartifactCockcroft-Walton accelerator, Cockcroft and Walton accelerator, Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier, Cockcroft-Walton voltage multipliera high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube
English > Cockcroft-Walton accelerator: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube.
SynonymsCockcroft and Walton accelerator, Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier, Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier
Broaderaccelerator, particle accelerator, atom smasherA scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles

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