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cryogun

cryogun noun: a cryogenically-cooled electron gun.

Noun

cryogun (plural cryoguns)

  1. A cryogenically-cooled electron gun
    • For a final charge of 1000k electrons the cryogun produces a coherence length per rms spot size of 0.1 nm/micron for an rms bunch length of 100-200 fs and final spot size of 50 micron.2015, C. Gulliford, A. Bartnik, I. Bazarov, “Multi-objective Optimizations of a Novel Cryo-cooled DC Gun Based Ultra Fast Electron Diffraction Beamline”, in arXiv

Forms of cryogun

pluralcryoguns

Origin of cryogun

From cryo- + gun.

Questions about cryogun

What does cryogun mean?
Cryogun means a cryogenically-cooled electron gun.
What part of speech is cryogun?
Cryogun is a noun.
What is the plural of cryogun?
The plural of cryogun is cryoguns.

Words near cryogun in the dictionary

  1. cryogrinders
  2. cryogrinding
  3. cryogrindings
  4. cryogrinds
  5. cryoground
  6. cryogun
  7. cryoguns
  8. cryoholder
  9. cryoholders
  10. cryohomogenize
  11. cryohomogenized

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