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Cockcroft-Walton generator

Cockcroft-Walton generator noun: an electric circuit that generates a high direct current voltage from a low-voltage alternating current.

Noun

Cockcroft-Walton generator (plural Cockcroft-Walton generators)

  1. An electric circuit that generates a high direct current voltage from a low-voltage alternating current.

Synonyms of Cockcroft-Walton generator

Forms of Cockcroft-Walton generator

pluralCockcroft-Walton generators

Origin of Cockcroft-Walton generator

Named after the British and Irish physicists John Douglas Cockcroft and Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton, who in 1932 used this circuit design to power their particle accelerator.

Questions about Cockcroft-Walton generator

What does Cockcroft-Walton generator mean?
Cockcroft-Walton generator means an electric circuit that generates a high direct current voltage from a low-voltage alternating current.
What part of speech is Cockcroft-Walton generator?
Cockcroft-Walton generator is a noun.
What is the plural of Cockcroft-Walton generator?
The plural of Cockcroft-Walton generator is Cockcroft-Walton generators.

Words near Cockcroft-Walton generator in the dictionary

  1. Cockburns
  2. Cockburnspath
  3. cockchafer
  4. cockchafers
  5. Cockcroft
  6. Cockcroft-Walton generator
  7. Cockcroft-Walton generators
  8. Cockcrofts
  9. cockcrow
  10. cockcrower
  11. cockcrowers

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