cosmotron

[kos-muh-tron]

noun

Physics.

1. a proton accelerator.

Cosmotron

/ ˈkɒzməˌtrɒn /

noun

1. a large synchrotron which was used for accelerating protons to high energies (of the order of 1 GeV)

Word History and Origins

Origin of cosmotron¹

First recorded in 1945–50; cosmo- + -tron

Word History and Origins

Origin of cosmotron¹

C20: from _cosm ( _{ic ray} ) + _-tron

Example Sentences

Brookhaven settled for a cosmotron rated at 2.5 billion volts, though it received the GAC’s explicit promise that it could come back to the well for bigger machines in the future.

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