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linear accelerator

noun as in particle accelerator

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It’s not your local vet that has a $2 million linear accelerator that aims radiation at cancer tumors with pinpoint accuracy.

In an XFEL, a linear accelerator, or linac, shoots electrons through magnets that shake the particles sideways and make them emit x-rays.

In a free electron laser, a linear accelerator, or linac, shoots a beam of high-energy electrons into a string of complex magnets called undulators.

The original plan for the SNS called for a conventional linear accelerator made of copper accelerating cavities.

The $730 million linear accelerator can generate beams of any atomic nucleus from hydrogen to uranium.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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