Cyclotron (Noun)
Meaning
An accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The large cyclotron at the research facility is used to accelerate protons to incredibly high speeds for particle physics experiments.
- In the cyclotron, ions are accelerated in a circular path by a magnetic field and an electric field.
- Scientists utilize the cyclotron to create radioactive isotopes for medical and industrial applications.
- The newly constructed cyclotron will allow researchers to study subatomic particles at unprecedented energies.
- The powerful cyclotron accelerates charged particles to nearly the speed of light, generating immense amounts of energy.