cyclotron

Noun

Meaning

an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

gas gun artillery torpedo gasoline shooter petrol accelerator throttle ordnance activator gunslinger gasolene catalyst gunman

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Hypernyms

accelerator atom smasher particle accelerator

Hyponyms

synchrotron bevatron synchrocyclotron

Related terms

cyclotronic

Phrases with the word

superconducting cyclotron

Examples

I don't really know what a cyclotron is but I am certainly very happy Canada has one! Pierre Trudeau

There is nothing to be found in a beehive that is not submerged in a bee. And yet you can search a bee forever with cyclotron and fluoroscope, and you will never find a hive. Kevin Kelly (editor)

225 Ac was first produced artificially at the Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU) in Germany using a cyclotron and at St George Hospital in Sydney using a linac in 2000. Source: Internet

Advantages and limitations Lawrence's 60-inch cyclotron, circa 1939, showing the beam of accelerated ions (likely protons or deuterons ) exiting the machine and ionizing the surrounding air causing a blue glow. Source: Internet

Diagram of cyclotron operation from Lawrence's 1934 patent. Source: Internet

Also, the cyclotron frequency is constant in this case. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cyclotriphosphazene cyclotrisiloxane cyclotriveratrylene cyclotroneer cyclotronic cyclotropia