bevatron
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bevatron
Example Sentences
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When its current was first turned on, a crashing clatter shook the bevatron building as iron objects on the floor rearranged themselves violently to fit the invisible pattern of its magnetic field.
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On Charter Hill above Berkeley, Calif, a strange and monstrous machine, the AEC's bevatron,* was slowly coming to life last week.
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The Radiation Laboratory flourished under his direction, built a bevatron for advanced particle research.
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The bevatron will strike far deeper into the atomic nucleus, where matter and energy lie closely twined together.
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When the bevatron is finally operating at its design energy, 6.25 bev, 20 swarms of 100 million protons each will burst from its chamber every minute.
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