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cyclotrons

cyclotrons is the plural of cyclotron.

Meaning of cyclotron

Noun

cyclotron (plural cyclotrons)

  1. An early particle accelerator in which charged particles were generated at a central source and accelerated spirally outward through a fixed magnetic field and alternating electric fields.
    • The two cyclotrons achieve their biological effects by focusing charged particles on the tumor. However, the mechanisms differ.1982 March 9, Lawrence K. Altman, “PARTICLE BEAMS USED TO TREAT RARE CANCERS”, in The New York Times

Questions about cyclotrons

What is cyclotrons the plural of?
Cyclotrons is the plural of cyclotron.

Words near cyclotrons in the dictionary

  1. cyclotriveratrylenes
  2. cyclotron
  3. cyclotroneer
  4. cyclotroneers
  5. cyclotronic
  6. cyclotrons
  7. cyclotropia
  8. cyclotropias
  9. cyclotropic
  10. cycloundecane
  11. cyclovalone

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