Meaning of synchrocyclotron | Babel Free
sɪŋkɹəʊˈsaɪklətɹɒnDefinitions
A particle accelerator like a cyclotron, but which operates at variable frequency to account for the particles gaining energy, allowing for greater energies to be achieved.
Equivalents
Examples
“2004: The synchrocyclotron was able to accelerate protons to sufficient energies that collisions with nuclei produce pions, the lightest particles that, we now know, are made from a single quark and an antiquark. — Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2004, p. 50)”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free