accelerator

ac*cel*er*a*tor

noun

accelerator mass spectrometry

noun

{bc}a technique of mass spectrometry that uses a particle accelerator to bring a small amount of the sample to be analyzed to high velocities

linear accelerator

noun

{bc}a device in which charged particles are accelerated in a straight line by successive impulses from a series of electric fields

particle accelerator

noun

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