Linac

//ˈlɪnæk// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path wordnet

Synonyms

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linear acceleratorlinear accelerator

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

Etymology

Contraction of linear accelerator.

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particle accelerator

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