cyclotron
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cyclotron (plural cyclotrons)
- 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.
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particle accelerator
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cyclotron m (plural cyclotrons)
Further reading edit
- “cyclotron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.