linear accelerator

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linear accelerator Meaning of "linear accelerator"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path

Usage(s):

  1. It is Stanford University's linear accelerator, the newest tool in one of the newest and fastest-growing disciplines of science, high-energy physics.
  2. Once he hitched his undulator to a large linear accelerator that sent out electrons at 100 million electron volts.
  3. One is the linear accelerator, which shoots the particles down a long, straight tube.
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