Linac

Common synonyms include: linear accelerator, accelerator, cancer radiotherapy device, particle accelerator, radiotherapy linac, therapy linac.

/ˈlɪnæk/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1
A linear particle accelerator.
"Usually such ‘linacs’ are short, low-energy machines, but they can be high energy and lengthy, as at the Stanford Linear Accelerator in California."
2
ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path wordnet

"Usually such ‘linacs’ are short, low-energy machines, but they can be high energy and lengthy, as at the Stanford Linear Accelerator in California."

Contraction of linear accelerator.