cyclotron

Noun
  1. An accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles (synset 103160737)
    is a type of: accelerator, atom smasher, particle accelerator - a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
    subtypes:
    • bevatron - a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts
    • synchrocyclotron - cyclotron that achieves relativistic velocities by modulating the frequency of the accelerating electric field
    • synchrotron - cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency

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