bevatron
UK/ˈbɛv.əˌtɹɒn/US/ˈbɛv.əˌtɹɑn/
bevatron noun: a particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts.
Noun
bevatron (plural bevatrons)
- A particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts.
- Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence, the inventor of the cyclotron, revealed the plans for one of these machines recently at the Sheffield centennial at Yale. It will be called a bevatron.1948 January, “Can huge new atom guns shoot out biggest secrets?”, in Popular Science, volume 152, number 1
- By pursuing this option her physicists had the best of both worlds: they could have access to a bevatron without disrupting their domestic programme.1987, Armin Hermann, Lanfranco Belloni, John Krige, History of CERN: Launching the European Organization for Nuclear Research
bevatron meaning in Tamil
bevatron in Tamil
- பெவத்திரன்
Forms of bevatron
| plural | bevatrons |
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Origin of bevatron
From BeV + -a- + -tron.
Questions about bevatron
- What does bevatron mean?
- Bevatron means a particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts.
- What is bevatron in Tamil?
- Bevatron in Tamil is பெவத்திரன். See Bevatron meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bevatron?
- Bevatron is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bevatron?
- Bevatron is pronounced /ˈbɛv.əˌtɹɒn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bevatron?
- The plural of bevatron is bevatrons.
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