collider
noun
col·lid·er
kə-ˈlī-dər 
: a particle accelerator in which two beams of particles moving in opposite directions are made to collide
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Essentially, this is why physicists use miles-long particle colliders that accelerate particles to enormous energies.
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Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
Their words of caution were ignored (fortunately, in retrospect), and enterprising experimentalists embarked on a journey that would take nearly half a century, and the construction of three powerful colliders, to bear fruit.
—Mariangela Lisanti, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
From cosmic ray experiments to radioactive decay experiments to solar experiments to high-energy physics experiments involving particle colliders, the Standard Model’s predictions have agreed with every single such experiment ever performed.
—Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
The Tevatron collider, located at Illinois’ Fermilab, followed suit with its own earnest search but was shut down in 2011.
—Mariangela Lisanti, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
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Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
Their words of caution were ignored (fortunately, in retrospect), and enterprising experimentalists embarked on a journey that would take nearly half a century, and the construction of three powerful colliders, to bear fruit.
—Mariangela Lisanti, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
From cosmic ray experiments to radioactive decay experiments to solar experiments to high-energy physics experiments involving particle colliders, the Standard Model’s predictions have agreed with every single such experiment ever performed.
—Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
The Tevatron collider, located at Illinois’ Fermilab, followed suit with its own earnest search but was shut down in 2011.
—Mariangela Lisanti, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Collider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collider. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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