Meaning | An accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles. |
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Narrower | bevatron | A cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts |
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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 |
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Spanish | ciclotrón |
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Catalan | cíclotro, ciclotró |
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