cyclotron (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *cyclotron*:
NOUN	artifact	cyclotron	an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles

cyclotron > pronunciation
Sounds	say'klahtraan
Rhymes	Abidjan ... Yukon: 149 rhymes with aan...

English > *cyclotron*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	An accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles.
Narrower	bevatron	A cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts
	synchrocyclotron	cyclotron that achieves relativistic velocities by modulating the frequency of the accelerating electric field
	synchrotron	cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency
Broader	accelerator, particle accelerator, atom smasher	A scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
Spanish	ciclotrón
Catalan	cíclotro, ciclotró

HyperDic: cyclotron