calutron
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of calutron
1940–45, Cal(ifornia) U(niversity) + -tron
Example Sentences
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Since it was not known which uranium isotope separation technique — gaseous diffusion, calutron, or centrifuge — would be the most successful, General Leslie Groves insisted that all techniques be pursued simultaneously.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2018
It bought a calutron, which also enriches uranium, from the Chinese, but has not yet installed the device.
From Time Magazine Archive
But since nobody in the West dreamed that Saddam would resurrect calutron technology, the interpreters of satellite pictures, if they saw such evidence, failed to understand what they were looking at.
From Time Magazine Archive
The newest idea percolating through the hallways at the Rad Lab called for a two-stage separation process using a new variety of calutron to further enrich the product of the original racetracks.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
An alteration in calutron design that seemed trivial in Berkeley could set off an avalanche of costly and time-consuming changes downstream at Oak Ridge.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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