CERN

American  

1. European Laboratory for Particle Physics; formerly called European Organization for Nuclear Research: an international research organization based in Geneva, Switzerland.

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CERN British  

/ sɜːn /

acronym

1. Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire; an organization of European states with a centre in Geneva for research in high-energy particle physics, now called the European Laboratory for Particle Physics

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CERN Cultural  

1. An acronym for French words meaning European Center for Nuclear Research. Supported by a consortium of European countries, CERN is an advanced scientific research institute in Geneva, Switzerland. It is one of the premier locations for particle physics research.

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After the year 2007, CERN will be the location of the world's largest particle accelerator.

Etymology

Origin of CERN

< French, for C ( onseil ) e ( uropéen pour la ) r ( echerche ) n ( ucléaire )

Example Sentences

It currently pays the UK's membership to the Swiss laboratory Cern and the European Space Agency, and it also supports and operates some of the world's biggest telescopes.

From BBC

Mark Thomson, the new head of Europe's physics laboratory CERN, voiced confidence Tuesday about raising the billions of dollars needed to build by far the world's biggest particle accelerator.

From Barron's

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, seeks to unravel what the universe is made of and how it works.

From Barron's

The British particle physicist took over as CERN's director-general on January 1.

From Barron's

The particle's existence was confirmed in 2012 by scientists using the Large Hadron Collider at Cern in Switzerland.

From BBC