microtron

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ -tron

Noun

microtron (plural microtrons)

  1. A kind of particle accelerator similar to the cyclotron, but in which the accelerating field is not applied through large D-shaped electrodes but through a linear accelerator structure.
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