ciclotrón

Definitions of ciclotrón
  1. noun
    an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles
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    bevatrón
    a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts
    sincrociclotrón
    cyclotron that achieves relativistic velocities by modulating the frequency of the accelerating electric field
    sincrotrón
    cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency
    cosmotrón
    a large proton synchrotron; uses frequency modulation of an electric field to accelerate protons
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    acelerador
    a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
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