Large Hadron Collider

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noun

1.  LHC.  a particle accelerator at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics near Geneva containing a circular underground tunnel 27km (16.8 miles) in circumference, around which two streams of hadrons are sent in opposite directions before being brought together in a high-energy collision

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Large Hadron Collider

The particle carried about 100,000 times more energy than anything ever produced by the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator on Earth.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2026

To chase them down, the Large Hadron Collider sends particles whizzing around an underground ring at phenomenal speeds until they smash into each other.

From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026

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

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024

“This class of ideas has become less popular because when we turned on the Large Hadron Collider, we did not see evidence of supersymmetry,” Slatyer told Salon in a video call.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2024

In modern English the distinction is clear: going to the ballet is an experience; the Large Hadron Collider is an experiment.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton