Linac

/ˈlɪnæk/

Synonyms for "linac" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
linear acceleratoraccelerator

Strong matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
cancer radiotherapy device

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
particle acceleratorradiotherapy linactherapy linac

Related word relations

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More general

7 entries
acceleratoratom smashermedical deviceparticle acceleratorradiotherapy deviceresearch instrumentscientific apparatus

More specific

6 entries
IMRT linaccavity linacimage guided linacstanding wave linacstereotactic linactraveling wave linac

Collocations

6 entries
high energy linaclinac facilitylinac gantrylinac headlinac roommedical linac

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries
linear accelerator

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: wiktionary

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