linac
English
editEtymology
editContraction of linear accelerator.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlinac (plural linacs)
- (physics) A linear particle accelerator.
- 2004, Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction, page 49:
- Usually such ‘linacs’ are short, low-energy machines, but they can be high energy and lengthy, as at the Stanford Linear Accelerator in California.