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collider

British  
/ kəˈlaɪdə /

noun

  1. physics a particle accelerator in which beams of particles are made to collide

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Testing string theory directly would require energies so extreme that researchers would need a particle collider as large as a galaxy.

From Science Daily May 19, 2026

He said the gigantic collider would cost around $19.5 billion.

From Barron's Jan. 27, 2026

"In a way, the molecule acts like a giant particle collider and gives us a better chance to probe the radium's nucleus."

From Science Daily Oct. 26, 2025

Yet the collider had not been turned on nor do videos of the tunnel show anyone present.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2024

With a mass 207 times an electron’s, a muon radiates far less energy as it goes in circles, so a muon collider could reach much higher energy than a circular e+e- machine.

From Science Magazine Mar. 27, 2024

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