Collider (Noun)
Meaning
An accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Physicists from around the world gathered to witness the first experiment at the Large Hadron Collider.
- The new generation of physicists was fascinated by the discoveries made possible by the powerful collider.
- Construction of the collider began in 2000 and took over eight years to complete.
- The collider is designed to accelerate beams of protons to nearly the speed of light before forcing them to collide.
- Researchers will use the collider to recreate the conditions that existed in the universe just after the Big Bang.