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Cyclotron

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cyclotron"

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Word	Definition
isochronous	Happening at the same time; simultaneous.
synchronoun	(sports, informal) Any synchronized event, such as synchronized swimming.
synchrotronnoun	(physics) A form of cyclotron in which charged particles are accelerated by an electric field that is synchronized with a magnetic field that keeps them in a circular path.
synchrocyclotronnoun	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.
acceleratornoun	(vehicles) A pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed.
betatronnoun	(physics) A form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed.
gyrotronnoun	(physics) A type of microwave generator employing cyclotron resonance coupling between microwave fields and a beam of electrons.
particle acceleratornoun	A device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds, for the purpose of inducing high energy reactions or producing high energy radiation.
plasma acceleratornoun	(physics) A particle accelerator that uses plasma as the medium of the accelerating field instead of a vacuum, to obtain a larger accelerating gradient.
pelletronnoun	A type of electrostatic particle accelerator that builds a charge of high voltage using a charging chain of short conductive tubes called pellets connected by links made of insulating material, as opposed to using a belt or rectifier stack.
plasma accelerationnoun	(physics) A method for accelerating electrically charged particles with a large-amplitude electron plasma wave.
supercollidernoun	A high-energy particle accelerator.
cosmotronnoun	(physics) A proton synchrotron
collidernoun	(physics) Any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.
ion trapnoun	(physics) Any of several electromagnetic devices used to capture charged particles
collimatornoun	(physics) An optical device that generates a parallel beam of light. Often used to compensate for laser beam divergence.
kenotronnoun	A kind of vacuum rectifier, used for the power supply in X-ray equipment.
geosynchrotronnoun	(physics) Used attributively to describe the acceleration of charged particles in the Earth's magnetic field
torsatronnoun	A stellarator with continuous helical coils, or with a number of discrete coils that produce a similar field.
klystronnoun	(physics) an electron tube used to amplify microwave-frequency electromagnetic radiation.