particle accelerator

noun

: accelerator sense d

Examples of particle accelerator in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An image of the scroll was created by X-ray scans at the Diamond Light Source, the U.K.’s national synchrotron science facility — synchrotron refers to a type of circular particle accelerator that can produce extremely bright beams of light, giving a non-invasive view of the scroll’s contents. —Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025

Now, by shining potent x-rays from a particle accelerator on the bony scales of an ancient fish fossil, a research team has discovered that such bone remodeling likely began at least 460 million years ago. —Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 10 Jan. 2025

Then as now, this functions as a human particle accelerator, facilitating collisions with unpredictable outcomes. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025

That is because, as Earth rotates, the direction of the proton beams generated for particle collisions in the powerful particle accelerator changes. —Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for particle accelerator

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