synchrocyclotron
/sɪŋkɹəʊˈsaɪklətɹɒn/
synchrocyclotron noun: a particle accelerator like a cyclotron, but which operates at variable frequency to account for the particles gaining energy, allowing for greater energies to be achieved.
Noun
synchrocyclotron (plural synchrocyclotrons)
- A particle accelerator like a cyclotron, but which operates at variable frequency to account for the particles gaining energy, allowing for greater energies to be achieved.
- 2004: The synchrocyclotron was able to accelerate protons to sufficient energies that collisions with nuclei produce pions, the lightest particles that, we now know, are made from a single quark and an antiquark. — Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2004, p. 50)
Forms of synchrocyclotron
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Origin of synchrocyclotron
From synchro- + cyclotron.
Questions about synchrocyclotron
- What does synchrocyclotron mean?
- Synchrocyclotron means a particle accelerator like a cyclotron, but which operates at variable frequency to account for the particles gaining energy, allowing for greater energies to be achieved.
- What part of speech is synchrocyclotron?
- Synchrocyclotron is a noun.
- How do you pronounce synchrocyclotron?
- Synchrocyclotron is pronounced /sɪŋkɹəʊˈsaɪklətɹɒn/.
- What is the plural of synchrocyclotron?
- The plural of synchrocyclotron is synchrocyclotrons.
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