particle accelerator
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Researchers at PSI can create muons and their antiparticles using a large particle accelerator.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
The world's most powerful particle accelerator will Monday shutter operations for four years of renovations to dramatically boost its collision-capacity and the potential for unlocking one of the greatest mysteries of the Universe: dark matter.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
At the facility, a synchrotron particle accelerator generated an intense X ray beam capable of scanning many specimens quickly.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026
Mark Thomson, the new head of Europe's physics laboratory CERN, voiced confidence Tuesday about raising the billions of dollars needed to build by far the world's biggest particle accelerator.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
The Superconducting Super Collider, a multibillion dollar project that was contemplated until the early 1990s, was going to be the most powerful particle accelerator ever built.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
![]()