Cockcroft-Walton accelerator

Definitions of Cockcroft-Walton accelerator
  1. noun
    a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube
    synonyms: Cockcroft and Walton accelerator, Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier, Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier
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    type of:
    accelerator, atom smasher, particle accelerator
    a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
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